In message <20050506230523.GA15908 at logos.cnet> you wrote:
>
> > The BDI can, but other software functions will walk the page
> > tables looking for PTE information.
>
> Do you have any practical example which you are certain is going
> to break?
I think the BDM4GDB BDM debugger depends on this, and maybe some
other tools, too.
> I dont remember any, and I dont think any software should be walking
> kernel pte's directly...
Maybe not regular software, but debug tools that live outside the
kernel.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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