From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
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Subject: [PATCH 05/11] x86: remove HIGHMEM64G support
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2024 11:30:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241204103042.1904639-6-arnd@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20241204103042.1904639-1-arnd@kernel.org>
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
The HIGHMEM64G support was added in linux-2.3.25 to support (then)
high-end Pentium Pro and Pentium III Xeon servers with more than 4GB of
addressing, NUMA and PCI-X slots started appearing.
I have found no evidence of this ever being used in regular dual-socket
servers or consumer devices, all the users seem obsolete these days,
even by i386 standards:
- Support for NUMA servers (NUMA-Q, IBM x440, unisys) was already
removed ten years ago.
- 4+ socket non-NUMA servers based on Intel 450GX/450NX, HP F8 and
ServerWorks ServerSet/GrandChampion could theoretically still work
with 8GB, but these were exceptionally rare even 20 years ago and
would have usually been equipped with than the maximum amount of
RAM.
- Some SKUs of the Celeron D from 2004 had 64-bit mode fused off but
could still work in a Socket 775 mainboard designed for the later
Core 2 Duo and 8GB. Apparently most BIOSes at the time only allowed
64-bit CPUs.
- In the early days of x86-64 hardware, there was sometimes the need
to run a 32-bit kernel to work around bugs in the hardware drivers,
or in the syscall emulation for 32-bit userspace. This likely still
works but there should never be a need for this any more.
Removing this also drops the need for PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT and SWIOTLB.
PAE mode is still required to get access to the 'NX' bit on Atom
'Pentium M' and 'Core Duo' CPUs.
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst | 4 --
Documentation/arch/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst | 11 +----
arch/x86/Kconfig | 46 +++----------------
arch/x86/configs/xen.config | 2 -
arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h | 4 +-
arch/x86/mm/init_32.c | 9 +---
6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
index 5376890adbeb..1f7f14c6e184 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kdump/kdump.rst
@@ -180,10 +180,6 @@ Dump-capture kernel config options (Arch Dependent, i386 and x86_64)
1) On i386, enable high memory support under "Processor type and
features"::
- CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
-
- or::
-
CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G
2) With CONFIG_SMP=y, usually nr_cpus=1 need specified on the kernel
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
index e01c08b7c981..b17bf122270a 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/usb-legacy-support.rst
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ It has several drawbacks, though:
features (wheel, extra buttons, touchpad mode) of the real PS/2 mouse may
not be available.
-2) If CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G is enabled, the PS/2 mouse emulation can cause
- system crashes, because the SMM BIOS is not expecting to be in PAE mode.
- The Intel E7505 is a typical machine where this happens.
-
-3) If AMD64 64-bit mode is enabled, again system crashes often happen,
+2) If AMD64 64-bit mode is enabled, again system crashes often happen,
because the SMM BIOS isn't expecting the CPU to be in 64-bit mode. The
BIOS manufacturers only test with Windows, and Windows doesn't do 64-bit
yet.
@@ -38,11 +34,6 @@ Problem 1)
compiled-in, too.
Problem 2)
- can currently only be solved by either disabling HIGHMEM64G
- in the kernel config or USB Legacy support in the BIOS. A BIOS update
- could help, but so far no such update exists.
-
-Problem 3)
is usually fixed by a BIOS update. Check the board
manufacturers web site. If an update is not available, disable USB
Legacy support in the BIOS. If this alone doesn't help, try also adding
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 42494739344d..b373db8a8176 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1383,15 +1383,11 @@ config X86_CPUID
with major 203 and minors 0 to 31 for /dev/cpu/0/cpuid to
/dev/cpu/31/cpuid.
-choice
- prompt "High Memory Support"
- default HIGHMEM4G
+config HIGHMEM4G
+ bool "High Memory Support"
depends on X86_32
-
-config NOHIGHMEM
- bool "off"
help
- Linux can use up to 64 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
+ Linux can use up to 4 Gigabytes of physical memory on x86 systems.
However, the address space of 32-bit x86 processors is only 4
Gigabytes large. That means that, if you have a large amount of
physical memory, not all of it can be "permanently mapped" by the
@@ -1407,38 +1403,9 @@ config NOHIGHMEM
possible.
If the machine has between 1 and 4 Gigabytes physical RAM, then
- answer "4GB" here.
+ answer "Y" here.
- If more than 4 Gigabytes is used then answer "64GB" here. This
- selection turns Intel PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode on.
- PAE implements 3-level paging on IA32 processors. PAE is fully
- supported by Linux, PAE mode is implemented on all recent Intel
- processors (Pentium Pro and better). NOTE: If you say "64GB" here,
- then the kernel will not boot on CPUs that don't support PAE!
-
- The actual amount of total physical memory will either be
- auto detected or can be forced by using a kernel command line option
- such as "mem=256M". (Try "man bootparam" or see the documentation of
- your boot loader (lilo or loadlin) about how to pass options to the
- kernel at boot time.)
-
- If unsure, say "off".
-
-config HIGHMEM4G
- bool "4GB"
- help
- Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and between 1 and 4
- gigabytes of physical RAM.
-
-config HIGHMEM64G
- bool "64GB"
- depends on X86_HAVE_PAE
- select X86_PAE
- help
- Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
- gigabytes of physical RAM.
-
-endchoice
+ If unsure, say N.
choice
prompt "Memory split" if EXPERT
@@ -1484,8 +1451,7 @@ config PAGE_OFFSET
depends on X86_32
config HIGHMEM
- def_bool y
- depends on X86_32 && (HIGHMEM64G || HIGHMEM4G)
+ def_bool HIGHMEM4G
config X86_PAE
bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/xen.config b/arch/x86/configs/xen.config
index 581296255b39..d5d091e03bd3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/xen.config
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/xen.config
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
# global x86 required specific stuff
-# On 32-bit HIGHMEM4G is not allowed
-CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G=y
CONFIG_64BIT=y
# These enable us to allow some of the
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
index faf9cc1c14bb..25c32652f404 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
* a virtual address space of one gigabyte, which limits the
* amount of physical memory you can use to about 950MB.
*
- * If you want more physical memory than this then see the CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G
- * and CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G options in the kernel configuration.
+ * If you want more physical memory than this then see the CONFIG_VMSPLIT_2G
+ * and CONFIG_HIGHMEM4G options in the kernel configuration.
*/
#define __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE _AC(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET, UL)
#define __PAGE_OFFSET __PAGE_OFFSET_BASE
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index ac41b1e0940d..f288aad8dc74 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static void __init lowmem_pfn_init(void)
"only %luMB highmem pages available, ignoring highmem size of %luMB!\n"
#define MSG_HIGHMEM_TRIMMED \
- "Warning: only 4GB will be used. Use a HIGHMEM64G enabled kernel!\n"
+ "Warning: only 4GB will be used. Support for for CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G was removed!\n"
/*
* We have more RAM than fits into lowmem - we try to put it into
* highmem, also taking the highmem=x boot parameter into account:
@@ -606,18 +606,13 @@ static void __init highmem_pfn_init(void)
#ifndef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
/* Maximum memory usable is what is directly addressable */
printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning only %ldMB will be used.\n", MAXMEM>>20);
- if (max_pfn > MAX_NONPAE_PFN)
- printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a HIGHMEM64G enabled kernel.\n");
- else
- printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.\n");
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.\n");
max_pfn = MAXMEM_PFN;
#else /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
-#ifndef CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G
if (max_pfn > MAX_NONPAE_PFN) {
max_pfn = MAX_NONPAE_PFN;
printk(KERN_WARNING MSG_HIGHMEM_TRIMMED);
}
-#endif /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G */
#endif /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
}
--
2.39.5
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2024-12-04 10:30 [PATCH 00/11] x86: 32-bit cleanups Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 01/11] x86/Kconfig: Geode CPU has cmpxchg8b Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 02/11] x86: drop 32-bit "bigsmp" machine support Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 03/11] x86: Kconfig.cpu: split out 64-bit atom Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 13:16 ` Thomas Gleixner
2024-12-04 15:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-12-04 18:21 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 04/11] x86: split CPU selection into 32-bit and 64-bit Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 18:31 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-04 21:18 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 10:30 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
2024-12-04 13:29 ` [PATCH 05/11] x86: remove HIGHMEM64G support Brian Gerst
2024-12-04 13:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 14:02 ` Brian Gerst
2024-12-04 15:00 ` Brian Gerst
2024-12-04 15:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-12-04 15:53 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-12-04 16:37 ` H. Peter Anvin
2024-12-04 16:55 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 18:37 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-04 21:14 ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-04-11 23:44 ` Dave Hansen
2025-04-12 8:39 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-04-12 10:05 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-04-12 10:44 ` Arnd Bergmann
2025-04-12 19:48 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-04-13 8:08 ` [PATCH] x86/e820: discard high memory that can't be addressed by 32-bit systems Mike Rapoport
2025-04-13 9:23 ` [tip: x86/urgent] x86/e820: Discard " tip-bot2 for Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2025-04-14 14:19 ` Dave Hansen
2025-04-15 7:18 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-04-15 13:43 ` Dave Hansen
2025-04-16 7:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-04-16 7:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-04-16 7:24 ` tip-bot2 for Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2025-04-16 8:16 ` tip-bot2 for Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)
2025-04-17 16:22 ` [PATCH] x86/e820: discard " Nathan Chancellor
2025-04-18 6:33 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-04-18 9:01 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-04-18 12:59 ` Ingo Molnar
2025-04-18 19:25 ` Mike Rapoport
2025-04-18 19:29 ` Dave Hansen
2025-04-18 19:49 ` Guenter Roeck
2025-04-12 10:40 ` [PATCH 05/11] x86: remove HIGHMEM64G support Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 06/11] x86: drop SWIOTLB and PHYS_ADDR_T_64BIT for PAE Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 18:41 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-04 20:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-05 7:59 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 07/11] x86: drop support for CONFIG_HIGHPTE Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 08/11] x86: document X86_INTEL_MID as 64-bit-only Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 18:55 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-04 20:38 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-05 8:03 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-06 11:23 ` Ferry Toth
2024-12-06 14:27 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 09/11] x86: rework CONFIG_GENERIC_CPU compiler flags Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 15:36 ` Tor Vic
2024-12-04 17:51 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 17:09 ` Nathan Chancellor
2024-12-04 17:52 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 18:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-12-04 19:43 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 23:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2024-12-05 8:13 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-05 10:09 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-05 11:17 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-05 11:58 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-05 12:35 ` Jason A. Donenfeld
2024-12-05 9:46 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-05 10:01 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-05 10:47 ` Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-05 8:07 ` Andy Shevchenko
2024-12-06 13:56 ` David Laight
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 10/11] x86: remove old STA2x11 support Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-05 7:35 ` Davide Ciminaghi
2024-12-04 10:30 ` [PATCH 11/11] x86: drop 32-bit KVM host support Arnd Bergmann
2024-12-04 15:30 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-12-04 16:33 ` Arnd Bergmann
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