linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: set Pentium M as PAE capable

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Date:	Sun, 02 Mar 2014 12:59:15 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Andreas Mohr <andi@...as.de>,
	Chris Bainbridge <chris.bainbridge@...il.com>
CC:	Dennis Mungai <dmngaie@...il.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	x86@...nel.org, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: set Pentium M as PAE capable

On 03/02/2014 12:56 PM, Andreas Mohr wrote:
> 
> (BTW, would it be possible to transform Linux's PAE support into
> boot-config or even fully runtime-detectable boot switching to
> (non-)PAE, similar to or exceeding what XP offers with its static
> boot-time flag?
> Last time I checked PAE support config defines were spread over ~ 40
> kernel source files though :-((()
> 

As far as I know the "static boottime flag" in Windows simply loads one
of several possible kernels.

	-hpa


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