Re: [Xen-devel] Tagging Xen 4.0.0 first release candidate, 44-bit address space support

[Keir Fraser <keir.fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 19/01/2010 13:57, "Pasi Kärkkäinen" <pasik@xxxxxx> wrote:

>>> Perhaps due to the lack of x86 processors supporting more than 40-bits
>>> of physical address space that are currently on the market.  But we
>>> know that's going to change fairly shortly and x86 will finally get
>>> support for more than 1TB.  That opens the doors for hardware vendors
>>> to create interesting configurations and maybe not worry so much about
>>> compressing the address space into a contiguous block.  If Xen can't
>>> support at least a 44-bit physical address space within the 4.x
>>> lifetime, it could become a serious limiting factor.  It seems rather
>>> shortsighted not to prepare for it now, especially given the
>>> opportunity we have at a major version break.  Thanks,
>> 
>> If it's considered important we can hold up until next week.
> 
> Any progress with this 44-bit address space support?

Yes, it's checked in now, ahead of 4.0.0-rc2.

 -- Keir



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