[coyotos-dev] Support for i486

[Valerio Bellizzomi]

On 28/11/2007, at 13.38, James Graves wrote:

>"Valerio Bellizzomi" <devbox at selnet.org> wrote:
>
>> On 26/11/2007, at 9.35, Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
>> 
>>> Can somebody refresh my memory on this issue?
>>>
>>> Having support for both legacy and PAE-mode mappings in our kernel
>>> creates a surprising amount of complexity. I am wondering why we
cannot
>>> eliminate PTE support.
>> 
>> Hmm, the point is why you need to keep legacy support. I don't know
about
>> VIA embedded. AMD Geode should support PAE, but I didn't find any
>> references in AMD docs.
>
>Yes, there is no mention of it in the databook.
>
>The OLPC XO-1 laptop uses an AMD Geode LX-700... it might be worthwhile 
>to poke at their Linux kernel source and see what options they are using:
>
>http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kernel

>
>James

AMD Geode LX runs also *BSD systems, so we can check other kernels too.

val


PS: Remember to drink a lot,
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