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[Xen-devel] Re: [patch 07/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: Allow paravirt	backend t 
| To: | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> |  
| Subject: | [Xen-devel] Re: [patch 07/26] Xen-paravirt_ops: Allow paravirt	backend to choose kernel PMD sharing |  
| From: | Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> |  
| Date: | Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:31:19 +0100 |  
| Cc: | Zachary Amsden <zach@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,	virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, William Lee Irwin III <wli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,	Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxx>,	Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |  
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* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Normally when running in PAE mode, the 4th PMD maps the kernel address 
> space, which can be shared among all processes (since they all need 
> the same kernel mappings.
> 
> Xen, however, does not allow guests to have the kernel pmd shared 
> between page tables, so parameterize pgtable.c to allow both modes of 
> operation.
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
        Ingo
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