Re: [Xen-devel] understanding __linear_l2_table and friends

[Gerd Knorr <kraxel@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> They aren't actually used during domain building,

Used anywhere else?  Especially __linear_l2_table and
__linear_l3_table?

> Xen uses the common trick whereby each page directory maps
> itself. This means that every page-table entry is mapped into the
> address space at some virtual address.

Well, in PAE mode that trick doesn't fully work.  It will do fine for
the l1 tables, I think also for l2, but certainly not for l3 due to
address space constrains ...

  Gerd

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