Re: [RFC] [PATCH 10/16] x86_64: 64bit PIC ACPI wakeup

[H. Peter Anvin]

Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > Why is PGE no longer required, for example?
>
> PGE is never required.  Especially on a temporary page table.
> PGE is an optimization, to make context switches faster.

You cannot, however, set the Global bit unless PGE is supported by the 
CPU (you'll trap.)

	-hpa
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