From 1437e24b53cc200bf0634de67d256b068f9d17b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Auty <mike.auty@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 22:17:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add a note about _maxphyaddr.

---
 volatility/framework/layers/intel.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/volatility/framework/layers/intel.py b/volatility/framework/layers/intel.py
index a9fa83eae..d47ca568a 100644
--- a/volatility/framework/layers/intel.py
+++ b/volatility/framework/layers/intel.py
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ class Intel(interfaces.layers.TranslationLayerInterface):
         # These can vary depending on the type of space
         self._entry_format = "<I"
         self._bits_per_register = 32
+        # NOTE: _maxphyaddr is MAXPHYADDR as defined in the Intel specs *NOT* the maximum physical address
+        # Use bits_per_register to determine the range of an IntelTranslationLayer
         self._maxphyaddr = 32
         self._maxvirtaddr = self._maxphyaddr
         self._index_shift = int(math.ceil(math.log2(struct.calcsize(self._entry_format))))