Re: [PATCH] x86: set PAE PHYSICAL_MASK_SHIFT to match 64-bit

Arjan van de Ven
2008-06-06T04:49:24Z

On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:21:14 +0100
Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:

> When a 64-bit x86 processor runs in 32-bit PAE mode, a pte can
> potentially have the same number of physical address bits as the
> 64-bit host ("Enhanced Legacy PAE Paging").
>

the problem on 32 bit is that if you have that much ram, you run out of
lowmem FAST.... so you have bigger problems.

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