>>> On 06.09.12 at 19:07, "H. Peter Anvin" <h...@zytor.com> wrote: > Anyone care to refresh my memory why we can't use the "global" > 1:1+kernel map, possibly with some improvements (which would benefit the > users of those maps too)? With that I mean initial_page_map on i386 and > trampoline_pgd on x86-64...
I don't think you want anything inserted in the low part of those (kernel-only) page tables, not even transiently. Jan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
