1 # x86_32 PAE documentation
3 Due to missing x86_64 support it's required to use PAE enabled x86_32 code.
4 The corresponding functions can be found in ``src/cpu/x86/pae/``.
6 ## Memory clearing helper functions
8 To clear all DRAM on request of the
9 [Security API](../../security/memory_clearing.md), a helper function can be used
11 The function has additional requirements in contrast to `memset`, and has more
12 overhead as it uses virtual memory to access memory above 4GiB.
13 Memory is cleared in 2MiB chunks, which might take a while.
15 Make sure to enable caches through MTRRs, otherwise `memset_pae` will be slow!