On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 22:04 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > nx_enabled can only be set to non-zero when CONFIG_X86_PAE is set.  
> > The only use not currently inside a CONFIG_X86_PAE block is the 
> > definition, the declaration and a conditional unlikely test in 
> > fault_32.c (is_prefetch).
> > 
> > When !CONFIG_X86_PAE, is_prefetch always returns 0 immediately as 
> > nx_enabled is always 0.
> > 
> > When CONFIG_X86_PAE, the test is preserved, but the test against the 
> > cpu model and stepping is deleted, this may not be correct.
> 
> thanks, applied.

Hmmm, the extern nx_enabled in page_32.h is already within an
ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ block, so I'm not sure how wakeup_32.S could
be using it.  Thoughts?

Harvey

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