Re: [RFC] [PATCH 10/16] x86_64: 64bit PIC ACPI wakeup

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Eric W. Biederman wrote:

Why is PGE no longer required, for example?

PGE is never required.  Especially on a temporary page table.
PGE is an optimization, to make context switches faster.


You cannot, however, set the Global bit unless PGE is supported by the CPU (you'll trap.)

	-hpa
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