Re: PowerPC paxtest results w/ gcc-4.1

[Segher Boessenkool <segher@kernel.crashing.org>]

> I never understood why PTE entries waste 4 bits (WIMG)
> for effectively very few valid combinations.

The only invalid combinations are WI=11 -- if you know of
a way to fit 12 combinations in fewer than 4 bits, let us
know :-)

Not all of those 12 are very useful, of course.


Segher