Re: changing __PAGE_OFFSET on x86?

Martin J. Bligh (Martin.Bligh@us.ibm.com)
Tue, 28 May 2002 07:53:58 -0700


> to fix this, if we change the __PAGE_OFFSET in include/asm-i386/page.h
> from 0xc0000000 to 0xb000000, are there any hidden dependencies? is
> there anything else we need to worry about?

Change arch/i386/vmlinux.lds as well (or the equiv on your machine).

> (does the __PAGE_OFFSET need to lie on a 1G boundary?)

Only if you're running PAE (64Gb support).

M.

PS. the -aa tree (Andrea's) has a config option to change this.
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