>>> On 27.09.12 at 20:06, Daniel Kiper <daniel.ki...@oracle.com> wrote: > Some implementations (e.g. Xen PVOPS) could not use part of identity page > table > to construct transition page table. It means that they require separate > PUDs, > PMDs and PTEs for virtual and physical (identity) mapping. To satisfy that > requirement add extra pointer to PGD, PUD, PMD and PTE and align existing > code.
I'm puzzled by this - why would you need to reintroduce what had been dropped a long time ago, when the forward ported kernels don't need it? Xen itself doesn't need the extra entries, their presence is purely a requirement of the specific kernel implementation afaict. Jan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
