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Date:      Sun, 03 May 2026 15:45:39 +0000
From:      Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: e314721fc24a - stable/15 - pkru.3: Remove a qualifier
Message-ID:  <69f76da3.1ccfe.5a267bc7@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/15 has been updated by markj:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=e314721fc24a16f95c7ec636a88e96b2ad1c6b91

commit e314721fc24a16f95c7ec636a88e96b2ad1c6b91
Author:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2026-04-16 17:46:05 +0000
Commit:     Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2026-05-03 14:40:10 +0000

    pkru.3: Remove a qualifier
    
    Now that i386 kernels are deprecated, we don't really need to mention
    this limitation.  It's also a bit dated since PKRU is supported with
    5-level paging as well.
    
    Reviewed by:    alc, kib
    MFC after:      1 week
    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56415
    
    (cherry picked from commit fe6bf738aaeb3d5fd74aabfcbf01eba827df6594)
---
 lib/libsys/x86/pkru.3 | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/libsys/x86/pkru.3 b/lib/libsys/x86/pkru.3
index 033dc07c4b06..b977082c362f 100644
--- a/lib/libsys/x86/pkru.3
+++ b/lib/libsys/x86/pkru.3
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ protection, it returns the
 error code.
 Note that some side effects may have occurred if this error is reported.
 .Pp
-Protection keys require that the system uses 4-level paging
-(also called long mode),
-which means that it is only available on amd64 system.
 Both 64-bit and 32-bit applications can use protection keys.
 More information about the hardware feature is provided in the IA32 Software
 Developer's Manual published by Intel Corp.


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