Nathanael Hoyle wrote:
[snip]
> Having been corrected by both you and Joerg (thank you!), I went back
> to re-verify my understanding. It appears that while I was slightly
> mixing PAE in with PSE, PSE support for 4MB pages was introduced
> 'silently' with the Pentium, and documented first with the Pentium
> Pro. I haven't found anything that points to earlier inclusion.
> Certainly the 80386 processor specifically, I am fairly confident
> would be limited to the 4KB pages.
>
> Agreed? Or are you aware of earlier usage than the Pentium for 4MB pages?
>
Yes, I agree. I'm not aware of 4MB page support before the Pentium.
Regards,
Alan
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