linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 10/28] i386: map enough initial memory to create lowmem mappings

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Date:	Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:06:39 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	virtualization@...ts.osdl.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Zachary Amsden <zach@...are.com>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 10/28] i386: map enough initial memory to create lowmem
 mappings

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> And it just occurred to me PSE disabled, otherwise you would not have
> needed more than 4 pages.  I supposed you were testing the Xen case.
>   

No, actually, I wasn't.  It was booting native (the Xen boot path
doesn't go that way), and it should have booted like a normal native
kernel despite having Xen compiled in.  Hm, not sure why it wouldn't be
using the PSE path.

    J
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