linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Part1 PATCH v3 02/17] x86/CPU/AMD: Add the Secure Encrypted Virtualization CPU feature

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Message-ID: <20170817081208.lmoh2dh3loupay54@pd.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:12:08 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC Part1 PATCH v3 02/17] x86/CPU/AMD: Add the Secure Encrypted
 Virtualization CPU feature

On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 01:17:54PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> Ok, finally got around to running a 32-bit kernel and it reports
> x86_phys_bits as 48.

So it doesn't really matter on 32-bit. I guess you could add a comment
saying why we don't care.

Thanks.

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    Boris.

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