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SubjectRe: [GIT PULL] x86/mm changes for v4.14: PCID support, 5-level paging support, Secure Memory Encryption support
On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 11:31:58AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> The main changes in this cycle are support for three new, complex hardware
> features of x86 CPUs:
>
> - Add 5-level paging support, which is a new hardware feature on upcoming Intel
> CPUs allowing up to 128 PB of virtual address space and 4 PB of physical RAM
> space - a 256-fold increase over the old limits.

Minor nitpick: I don't see where "256-fold" comes from.

Virtual address space increased from 256 TB to 128 PB -- 512 times.
Physical: 64 TB -> 4 PB -- 64 times.

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Kirill A. Shutemov

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