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[Xen-devel] [PATCH 25 of 36] x86_64: PSE no longer a hard requirement

To: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 25 of 36] x86_64: PSE no longer a hard requirement
From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:19:21 -0400
Cc: Mark McLoughlin <markmc@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@xxxxxxxxxx>, Stephen Tweedie <sct@xxxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Because Xen doesn't support PSE mappings in guests, all code which
assumed the presence of PSE has been changed to fall back to smaller
mappings if necessary.  As a result, PSE is optional rather than
required (though still used whereever possible).

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/asm-x86/required-features.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/required-features.h 
b/include/asm-x86/required-features.h
--- a/include/asm-x86/required-features.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/required-features.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-#define NEED_PSE       (1<<(X86_FEATURE_PSE & 31))
+#define NEED_PSE       0
 #define NEED_MSR       (1<<(X86_FEATURE_MSR & 31))
 #define NEED_PGE       (1<<(X86_FEATURE_PGE & 31))
 #define NEED_FXSR      (1<<(X86_FEATURE_FXSR & 31))



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