Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86: Enable PAT to use cache mode translation tables

From: Toshi Kani
Date: Tue Aug 26 2014 - 15:55:40 EST


On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 08:16 +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Update the translation tables from cache mode to pgprot values according to
> the PAT settings. This enables changing the cache attributes of a PAT index in
> just one place without having to change at the users side.
>
> With this change it is possible to use the same kernel with different PAT
> configurations, e.g. supporting Xen.
>
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxx>

Thanks,
-Toshi

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