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@@ -9,9 +9,7 @@ x86 PAE support <pae.md>
```
## State of x86_64 support
-At the moment there's only experimental x86_64 support.
-The `emulation/qemu-i440fx` and `emulation/qemu-q35` boards do support
-*ARCH_RAMSTAGE_X86_64* , *ARCH_POSTCAR_X86_64* and *ARCH_ROMSTAGE_X86_64*.
+Some SOCs now support 64bit mode. Search for HAVE_X86_64_SUPPORT in Kconfig.
In order to add support for x86_64 the following assumptions were made:
* The CPU supports long mode
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ In order to add support for x86_64 the following assumptions were made:
* All code that is to be run must be below 4GiB in physical memory
* The high dword of pointers is always zero
* The reference implementation is qemu
-* The CPU supports 1GiB hugepages
* x86 payloads are loaded below 4GiB in physical memory and are jumped
to in *protected mode*
@@ -62,7 +59,6 @@ QEMU Q35 <../../mainboard/emulation/qemu-q35.md>
1. Fine grained page tables for SMM:
* Must not have execute and write permissions for the same page.
* Must allow only that TSEG pages can be marked executable
- * Must reside in SMRAM
2. Support 64bit PCI BARs above 4GiB
3. Place and run code above 4GiB
@@ -70,13 +66,10 @@ QEMU Q35 <../../mainboard/emulation/qemu-q35.md>
* Fix compilation errors
* Test how well CAR works with x86_64 and paging
* Improve mode switches
-* Test libgfxinit / VGA Option ROMs / FSP
-## Known bugs on real hardware
+## Known problems on real hardware
-According to Intel x86_64 mode hasn't been validated in CAR environments.
-Until now it could be verified on various Intel platforms and no issues have
-been found.
+Running VGA rom directly fails. Yabel works fine though.
## Known bugs on KVM enabled qemu