On Oct 21, 2014, at 21:35, Javier Guerra Giraldez <javier@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Sean Conner <sean@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> The architecture is limited to 48 bits, >> >> Physical. There's a difference between virtual (or logical) addresses and >> physical addresses. > > > originally the logical/physical limits were 48/40 bits, but at some > point the physical limit was raised to 48 without changing the logical > one. > > i really don't know about the details, but i've read somewhere that > the current IOMMU table imposes another limit at 52 bits. not sure if > it's only physical or if it limits logical addresses too. model name : AMD Opteron(TM) Processor 6274 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 1218 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual model name : Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU 330 @ 1.60GHz address sizes : 32 bits physical, 48 bits virtual > -- > Javier René -- ExactCODE GmbH, Lietzenburger Str. 42, DE-10117 Berlin http://exactcode.com | http://exactscan.com | http://ocrkit.com | http://t2-project.org | http://rene.rebe.de