On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:29:40AM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote: > But early_identify_cpu() calls get_cpu_cap() which will check for cpuid > leaf 0x80000008 support and set x86_phys_bits. Right, but it can't be less than 32, can it? And if it is more than 32 bits, then it probably doesn't really matter on 32-bit. Unless it is less than 36 bits and you do PAE... > I'll try to build and run a 32-bit kernel and see how this all flows. Yeah, that would be good. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. SUSE Linux GmbH, GF: Felix Imendörffer, Jane Smithard, Graham Norton, HRB 21284 (AG Nürnberg) --