system physical addresses, not guest physical
addresses)
-If support for SME is present, MSR 0xc00100010 (MSR_K8_SYSCFG) can be used to
+If support for SME is present, MSR 0xc00100010 (MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG) can be used to
determine if SME is enabled and/or to enable memory encryption::
0xc0010010:
The CPU supports SME (determined through CPUID instruction).
- Enabled:
- Supported and bit 23 of MSR_K8_SYSCFG is set.
+ Supported and bit 23 of MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG is set.
- Active:
Supported, Enabled and the Linux kernel is actively applying
SME can also be enabled and activated in the BIOS. If SME is enabled and
activated in the BIOS, then all memory accesses will be encrypted and it will
not be necessary to activate the Linux memory encryption support. If the BIOS
-merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_K8_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate
+merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate
memory encryption by default (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) or
by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the kernel command line. However, if BIOS does
not enable SME, then Linux will not be able to activate memory encryption, even