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diff --git a/src/include/cpu/x86/mtrr.h b/src/include/cpu/x86/mtrr.h
index 8fd4261081..d15873595e 100644
--- a/src/include/cpu/x86/mtrr.h
+++ b/src/include/cpu/x86/mtrr.h
@@ -56,14 +56,20 @@
* of the nature of the global MTRR enable flag. Therefore, all direct
* or indirect callers of enable_fixed_mtrr() should ensure that the
* variable MTRR MSRs do not contain bad ranges.
+ *
+ * Note that this function sets up MTRRs for addresses above 4GiB.
*/
void x86_setup_mtrrs(void);
/*
+ * x86_setup_mtrrs_with_detect() does the same thing as x86_setup_mtrrs(), but
+ * it always dynamically detects the number of variable MTRRs available.
+ */
+void x86_setup_mtrrs_with_detect(void);
+/*
* x86_setup_var_mtrrs() parameters:
* address_bits - number of physical address bits supported by cpu
- * above4gb - 2 means dynamically detect number of variable MTRRs available.
- * non-zero means handle memory ranges above 4GiB.
- * 0 means ignore memory ranges above 4GiB
+ * above4gb - if set setup MTRRs for addresses above 4GiB else ignore
+ * memory ranges above 4GiB
*/
void x86_setup_var_mtrrs(unsigned int address_bits, unsigned int above4gb);
void enable_fixed_mtrr(void);