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Bug#643012: PAE Kernel doesn't work with Pentium M



On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 03:34:36PM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> Ehm, how can PSE introduced by the Pentium III be pre-PAE (which was
> introduced by the Pentium Pro)?
> 
> PSE may be simpler but it's still newer than PAE.

Well actually PSE (support for larger than 4k pages) predates PAE, but
PSE-36 (support for larger than 4k pages with 36bit physical address
range support) comes after PAE.

PSE came in the pentium, PAE in the Pentium Pro, and PSE-36 in the
Pentium III.

-- 
Len Sorensen



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