linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Fix ARCH=um segfault on x86-64.

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Date:	Fri, 6 Mar 2009 09:35:43 -0500
From:	Jeff Dike <jdike@...toit.com>
To:	Am??rico Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>,
	user-mode-linux-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix ARCH=um segfault on x86-64.

On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:18:34PM +0800, Am??rico Wang wrote:
> It does work well x86_64, but my question is that whether this will
> break i386 or not, since before, CONFIG_3_LEVEL_PGTABLES depends on
> EXPERIMENTAL on i386, this patch removes it.

As long as CONFIG_3_LEVEL_PGTABLES is off on 32-bit, it should be fine.

It did work, last I checked, but 3-level page tables on 32-bit is a
very rarely used combination, and not useful.

				Jeff

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