on 04/11/2010 08:05 Alan Cox said the following:
> 
> There is actually a point to using PG_PS_FRAME.  The PAT bit for a 2MB page
> mapping occupies a bit that is a part of the physical page number with 
> PG_FRAME. 
> I suspect that the same is true of 1GB page mappings, but I haven't double 
> checked
> the manual.

Ah, yes, you are right - bit 12 is a part of an address in PTE, but is used for
PAT in PDE or PDPE if PS bit is 1.

-- 
Andriy Gapon
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