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Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 08:53:26 +0000
From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: <mingo@...e.hu>, <tglx@...utronix.de>,
<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: simplify HIGHMEM-related Kconfig entries
>>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> 14.01.09 20:39 >>>
>Jan Beulich wrote:
>> Additionally remove the dependency of X86_PAE on !HIGHMEM4G - at least
>> I can't understand why that dependency existed.
>
>At least originally, the meaning of the x86 highmem entries were:
>
> No highmem - No highmem, no PAE
> HIGHMEM4G - Highmem, no PAE
> HIGHMEM64G - Highmem, PAE
>
>So X86_PAE and HIGHMEM4G is a bit of a contradiction. I haven't looked
>at the logic in detail, or remember offhand if there have been any
>weakening of the definitions above; e.g. someone could have implemented
>a way to do PAE without highmem, to get access to the NX bits.
Exactly - .23 made PAE an independently selectable option (in particular,
the no-highmem+PAE combination is now valid), but I can't see why it
added the !HIGHMEM4G dependency.
Jan
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