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r: 62426
b: refs/heads/master
c: c673f1a
h: refs/heads/master
v: v3

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@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 075bcd1f9726b8a1caff86eda06f29f71fb21235
+refs/heads/master: c673f1a9d994de501b674b2bb6a48bd5e912afe0

trunk/arch/i386/Kconfig

@@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ config HIGHMEM4G
 config HIGHMEM64G
 	bool "64GB"
 	depends on !M386 && !M486
+	select X86_PAE
 	help
 	  Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
 	  gigabytes of physical RAM.
@@ -577,12 +578,12 @@ choice
 	config VMSPLIT_3G
 		bool "3G/1G user/kernel split"
 	config VMSPLIT_3G_OPT
-		depends on !HIGHMEM
+		depends on !X86_PAE
 		bool "3G/1G user/kernel split (for full 1G low memory)"
 	config VMSPLIT_2G
 		bool "2G/2G user/kernel split"
 	config VMSPLIT_2G_OPT
-		depends on !HIGHMEM
+		depends on !X86_PAE
 		bool "2G/2G user/kernel split (for full 2G low memory)"
 	config VMSPLIT_1G
 		bool "1G/3G user/kernel split"
@@ -602,10 +603,15 @@ config HIGHMEM
 	default y
 
 config X86_PAE
-	bool
-	depends on HIGHMEM64G
-	default y
+	bool "PAE (Physical Address Extension) Support"
+	default n
+	depends on !HIGHMEM4G
 	select RESOURCES_64BIT
+	help
+	  PAE is required for NX support, and furthermore enables
+	  larger swapspace support for non-overcommit purposes. It
+	  has the cost of more pagetable lookup overhead, and also
+	  consumes more pagetable space per process.
 
 # Common NUMA Features
 config NUMA

trunk/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c

@@ -273,18 +273,18 @@ unsigned long __init find_max_low_pfn(void)
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning only %ldMB will be used.\n",
 					MAXMEM>>20);
 		if (max_pfn > MAX_NONPAE_PFN)
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a PAE enabled kernel.\n");
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a HIGHMEM64G enabled kernel.\n");
 		else
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a HIGHMEM enabled kernel.\n");
 		max_pfn = MAXMEM_PFN;
 #else /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86_PAE
+#ifndef CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G
 		if (max_pfn > MAX_NONPAE_PFN) {
 			max_pfn = MAX_NONPAE_PFN;
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "Warning only 4GB will be used.\n");
-			printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a PAE enabled kernel.\n");
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "Use a HIGHMEM64G enabled kernel.\n");
 		}
-#endif /* !CONFIG_X86_PAE */
+#endif /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM64G */
 #endif /* !CONFIG_HIGHMEM */
 	} else {
 		if (highmem_pages == -1)