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Date:	Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:11:48 -0700
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Xen-devel <xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com>,
	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
Subject: [PATCH 12/24] x86-64: remove PGE from must-have feature list

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>

PGE may not be available when running paravirtualized, so test the cpuid
bit before using it.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@...rix.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
index d5cd6c5..a4737dd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/required-features.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 #define NEED_PSE	0
 #define NEED_MSR	(1<<(X86_FEATURE_MSR & 31))
-#define NEED_PGE	(1<<(X86_FEATURE_PGE & 31))
+#define NEED_PGE	0
 #define NEED_FXSR	(1<<(X86_FEATURE_FXSR & 31))
 #define NEED_XMM	(1<<(X86_FEATURE_XMM & 31))
 #define NEED_XMM2	(1<<(X86_FEATURE_XMM2 & 31))
-- 
1.6.0.6

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