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@@ -22,15 +22,6 @@ QEMU 2.9 and later support 5-level paging.
Virtual memory layout for 5-level paging is described in
Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/mm.rst
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-Enabling 5-level paging
-=======================
-CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y enables the feature.
-
-Kernel with CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y still able to boot on 4-level hardware.
-In this case additional page table level -- p4d -- will be folded at
-runtime.
-
User-space and large virtual address space
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On x86, 5-level paging enables 56-bit userspace virtual address space.