Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix design error.

From: Mark Lord <kernel@teksavvy.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	autofs@vger.kernel.org, Ian Kent <raven@themaw.net>,
	Thomas Meyer <thomas@m3y3r.de>,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Introduce a version6 of autofs interface, to fix design error.
Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2012 18:20:58 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4F9C6D4A.5080608@teksavvy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4F9B0378.70906@zytor.com>

On 12-04-27 04:37 PM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 04/27/2012 08:47 AM, Mark Lord wrote:
>> On 12-04-27 05:45 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote:
>> ..
>>> Please note: the talk is about 32bit userspace on 64bit kernel,
>>> which should be quite rare these days, or something of less
>>> priority.
>>
>>
>> I suspect 32bit-PAE is more common than 32/64,
>> but both are valid and not uncommon in the wild.
> 
> 32-on-64 is a very important use case, because it lets us get people off
> 32-bit kernels.

Agreed.  But -PAE is even more important for the millions of people
with NVIDIA graphics controllers in their machines, or at least if
they want decent video playback.  :)

The otherwise-excellent NVIDIA drivers don't work in 32/64 mode,
but they do handle -PAE just fine.

Cheers