Re: [Xen-devel] conditional clearing of dom0_l2 in i386's zap_low_mappings() ?

[Keir Fraser <keir@xxxxxxx>]

On 29/10/2010 08:02, "Keir Fraser" <keir@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 29/10/2010 07:51, "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>>> Oh I see. Well possibly. But you might still need the conditional for the
>>> other three slots anyway, so it wouldn't be a simplification in that case.
>> 
>> I'm not after a simplification really. I'm trying to eliminate some
>> restrictions on initrd size (as well as possible collisions between
>> the various memory areas used during early boot), and in the
>> process I need to switch the 1:1 mapping of the first Gb to a
>> more flexible model (the target is x86-64, but to avoid adding
>> more conditionals in the Dom0 building code I prefer to do the
>> same to i386 too).
>> 
>> I was just asking because I may need to flush out temporary
>> mappings in Dom0's first L2 that wouldn't match those under
>> idle_page_table_l2[0] (though right now I think I may get away
>> without having to).
> 
> I'd prefer we don't mess around with the i386 boot process really. The build
> is obsolescent - anyone wanting big initrds should run the 64-bit build of
> Xen. Who doesn't have a 64b processor these days, really

Oh yes, you're doing it mainly for x64 I see. Go wild then. :-)

 -- Keir

>  -- Keir
> 
> 



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