linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 08/19] ARM: LPAE: Introduce the 3-level page table format definitions

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Message-ID: <20110124214225.GO24104@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:42:25 +0000
From:	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@....linux.org.uk>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
Cc:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 08/19] ARM: LPAE: Introduce the 3-level page table
	format definitions

On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 08:26:42AM +1100, Nick Piggin wrote:
> Too bad about the PAE thing; my condolences.
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Catalin Marinas
> <catalin.marinas@....com> wrote:
> > This patch introduces the pgtable-3level*.h files with definitions
> > specific to the LPAE page table format (3 levels of page tables).
> 
> Seeing as you're shaking up these definitions, what do you think about
> switching from 4level-fixup.h to pgtable-nopud.h / pgtable-nopmd.h headers?
> One day eventually it would be nice to get rid of the fixup mode.

I have patches to do this which I de-queued for the last merge window.
It's not entirely trivial and without problem.  You can find the patches
in linux-next now.

I was waiting for the new set of patches from Catalin before going back
and working out the solutions to some of those problems.
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