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Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH 2/6] Use correct types to enable > 2G
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Cc: Izik Eidus <izike@qumranet.com>, kvm-devel@lists.sourceforge.net

> > as far as i remember it was used to address something with
> > cpu_physical_memory_rw() probably related to &TARGET_PAGE_SIZE
> > or ~TARGET_PAGE_SIZE,
> >
> > the fact is that i dont know if it ever fixed anything
>
> It fixes TARGET_PAGE_MASK, defined one line downscreen. 

That doesn't really answer the question. What was wrong with the original 
definition?

Paul