Re: [patch] mtrr: fix issues with large addresses

On Monday 05 February 2007 23:50, Siddha, Suresh B wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 06:19:59PM +0100, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> > o added check to restrict base address to 36 bit on i386
> 
> Why is this? It can go upto implemented physical bits, right?

In theory it can, but Linux doesn't support it.

-Andi 
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