On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 10:13:01AM -0700, David Daney wrote: > The kernel is always compiled with -msym32, so the patch is a bit pointless. Not quite true. Some systems only have enough memory for the exception vectors in the low 512MB of physical address space, so these can't use an -msym32 kernel. My general impression is that hardware designers "design" address maps by throwing darts over their shoulder after a few pints ;-) Ralf