On Wed, Sep 06, 2000 at 01:33:39PM -0400, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:

 > The intel feature bits are:
 > 	PSE		4mb page
 > 	PAE		36 bit physical addresses
 > 	PSE36		36 bit PA / 2mb page.
 > 
 > You get 4K/4MB pages with 32 bit PA's and 32 bit PTE's		(PSE)
 > You get 4K/2MB pages with 36 bit PA's and 64 bit PTE's		(PAE, PSE36)

Actually, as I understand it, PSE36 is something totally separate.  PSE36
is a way to access the higher PAs using 4MB pages without using the large
PTE format.

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