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Re: [Xen-devel] x86-64's __PAGE_OFFSET

To: "Keir Fraser" <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Jun Nakajima" <jun.nakajima@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] x86-64's __PAGE_OFFSET
From: "Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 18:11:37 +0100
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>>> Keir Fraser <Keir.Fraser@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 06.01.06 15:10:13 >>>
>
>On 6 Jan 2006, at 13:50, Jan Beulich wrote:
>
>> What, if any, is the reason for x86-64 xenlinux to have a different
>> __PAGE_OFFSET value than native? While merging, it would seem 
>> reasonable
>> to drop this difference if not motivated technically.
>
>Jun might remember if there was a particular reason, but I can't think

>of any insurmountable technical reason why the native __PAGE_OFFSET 
>value shouldn't work.

There must be a reason - the system dies immediately with that change.
But I'd really like to understand why this is so, perhaps to check with
Andi whether then we couldn't generally go with the Xen value...

Jan

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