From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030262AbVKHRJg (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:09:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965171AbVKHRJg (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:09:36 -0500 Received: from public.id2-vpn.continvity.gns.novell.com ([195.33.99.129]:35939 "EHLO emea1-mh.id2.novell.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030262AbVKHRJf (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:09:35 -0500 Message-Id: <4370EA15.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 7.0 Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 18:10:29 +0100 From: "Jan Beulich" To: "Adrian Bunk" Cc: Subject: Re: [PATCH] i386: stand-alone CONFIG_PAE References: <4370AEE1.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <4370E69F.76F0.0078.0@novell.com> <20051108170243.GA3847@stusta.de> In-Reply-To: <20051108170243.GA3847@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>> Adrian Bunk 08.11.05 18:02:43 >>> >On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 05:55:43PM +0100, Jan Beulich wrote: >>... >> Also appropriately qualify both options depending on configured >> minimum processor type. > >With the current semantics of the cpu options this is wrong: >M386 is a synonym for "kernel runs on all cpus". No. Such a kernel in fact doesn't run on all CPUs. It's not like it can take advantage of PAE if it's there, it'll die if there is no PAE. That's why those that clearly can't have PAE have been excluded. Jan