linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/3] CONFIG_HIGHPTE vs. sub-page page tables.

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Message-Id: <200801031412.26806.ak@suse.de>
Date:	Thu, 3 Jan 2008 14:12:26 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
To:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:	schwidefsky@...ibm.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/3] CONFIG_HIGHPTE vs. sub-page page tables.


> Can we please just nuke CONFIG_HIGHPTE?  There's only been a small
> amount of 32bit machines 

It's unfortunately a larger amount :/ And for unknown reasons a lot of
people still install 32bit kernels on new perfectly capable 64bit systems
even if they have a lot of memory.

I don't think removing CONFIG_HIGHPTE will be an option any time soon.

-Andi
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