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Entering long mode involves setting the EFER_LME and CR4.PAE bits before enabling paging by setting CR0.PG bit. It also involves disabling interrupts, given that the firmware's 32-bit IDT becomes invalid as soon as the CPU transitions into long mode. Reloading the CR3 register is not necessary at boot time, given that the EFI firmware as well as the kernel's EFI stub use a 1:1 mapping of the 32-bit addressable memory in the system. Break out this code into a separate helper for clarity, and so that it can be reused in a subsequent patch. Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.