Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/3] x86/boot: Add bit fields into xloadflags for 5-level kernel checking | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Mon, 3 Sep 2018 23:36:11 -0700 |
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On 09/03/18 23:06, Baoquan He wrote: >> >> That makes no sense. I'm talking about *entering* the kernel; the second >> kernel should switch to 5-level mode as necessary. > > OK, I didn't get your point. I forget what difficulty was met so that > Kirill need to take this way. In that way, we will never have chance to > put kernel above 64TB even from 5-level kernel to jump to 5-level > kernel. >
It sounds like you have no intent of doing that anyway? Now, that is something one could use an xloadflag for, as I previously stated: "this kernel supports being entered in 5-level mode."
-hpa
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