Re: [PATCH] x86: Construct 32 bit boot time page tables in nativeformat.

[H. Peter Anvin]

Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> >  and we already have to have code to synchronize the PGDs on !PAE and 
> > the PMDs on Xen (although that was supposedly getting fixed).
>
> No, I don't have any plans there.  Xen will continue to require 
> non-shared kernel pmd, at least for a 32-bit host.  I think the point is 
> that nothing that requires an identity mapping will work under Xen 
> anyway, so Xen just doesn't care about this case.

Still makes it a special case, not just for this.

	-hpa
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