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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:20:58 -0400 From: Mark Lord <kernel@...savvy.com> To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> CC: Michael Tokarev <mjt@....msk.ru>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, autofs@...r.kernel.org, Ian Kent <raven@...maw.net>, Thomas Meyer <thomas@...3r.de>, stable@...nel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix design error. On 12-04-27 04:37 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 04/27/2012 08:47 AM, Mark Lord wrote: >> On 12-04-27 05:45 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> .. >>> Please note: the talk is about 32bit userspace on 64bit kernel, >>> which should be quite rare these days, or something of less >>> priority. >> >> >> I suspect 32bit-PAE is more common than 32/64, >> but both are valid and not uncommon in the wild. > > 32-on-64 is a very important use case, because it lets us get people off > 32-bit kernels. Agreed. But -PAE is even more important for the millions of people with NVIDIA graphics controllers in their machines, or at least if they want decent video playback. :) The otherwise-excellent NVIDIA drivers don't work in 32/64 mode, but they do handle -PAE just fine. Cheers -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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