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Re: [Xen-devel] [patch] nx bit shouldn't get set when disabled

On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 08:56:32PM +0100, Keir Fraser wrote:

> Why does x86_64 get pte_mfn, but not pae i386? I think pci-dma.c
> should probably be shared between i386 and x86/64.

Last time i checked, the linux side of i386 pae wasn't merged into bk,
so i have nothing to test such a patch against. I'll plan on getting a
pae setup going again and sending a patch to gerd.

> Why the extra mask ops with __supported_pte_mask? Native x86/64 builds
> obviously don't need them...

Definitions such as __PAGE_KERNEL set NX, but as Jun pointed out, those
should only be set when NX mode is enabled.

sRp

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Scott Parish
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