We already use PAE for the NX bit, but this changes the PhysicalAddress
structure to be able to hold 64 bit physical addresses. This allows us
to use all the available physical memory.
Instead of using one file for the entire "backend" of the ProcFS data
and metadata, we could split that file into two files that represent
2 logical chunks of the ProcFS exposed objects:
1. Global and inter-process information. This includes all fixed data in
the root folder of the ProcFS, networking information and the bus
folder.
2. Per-process information. This includes all dynamic data about a
process that resides in the /proc/PID/ folder.
This change makes it more easier to read the code and to change it,
hence we do it although there's no technical benefit from it now :)