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Re: [XEN v2 00/11] Add support for 32 bit physical address


  • To: Ayan Kumar Halder <ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 11:12:36 +0100
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Hi Ayan,

On 17/01/2023 18:43, Ayan Kumar Halder wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> Please have a look at 
> https://lists.xenproject.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2022-11/msg01465.html
> for the context.
> 
> The benefits of using 32 bit physical addresses are as follows :-
> 
> 1. It helps to use Xen on platforms (for eg R52) which supports 32 bit
> physical addresses and has no support for large page address extension.
Looking at your entire series, you keep using "large page address extension".
LPAE is ARMv7A thing and it is defined as "large *physical* address extension".
So it would be good to stick to the proper naming.

~Michal



 


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