linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: Move enabling of PSE and PGE out of init_memory

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Message-ID: <20120811200133.GG2874@dhcp-172-17-108-109.mtv.corp.google.com>
Date:	Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:01:33 -0700
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	Jacob Shin <jacob.shin@....com>
Cc:	X86-ML <x86@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andreas Herrmann <andreas.herrmann3@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: Move enabling of PSE and PGE out of
 init_memory_mapping

Hello,

On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 04:23:09PM -0500, Jacob Shin wrote:
> Since we now call init_memory_mapping for each E820_RAM region in a
> loop, move cr4 writes out to setup_arch.

Shouldn't this happen before init_memory_mapping() is called multiple
times?  Also, there seem to be other stuff which need to be moved out.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun
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