diff --git a/arch/x86_64/include/socks/machine/vm.h b/arch/x86_64/include/socks/machine/vm.h
index aa52ae6..11b3418 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/include/socks/machine/vm.h
+++ b/arch/x86_64/include/socks/machine/vm.h
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 #ifndef SOCKS_X86_64_VM_H_
 #define SOCKS_X86_64_VM_H_
 
+/* kernel higher-half base virtual address. */
 #define VM_KERNEL_VOFFSET 0xFFFFFFFF80000000
 
+/* direct page-mapping region.
+   NOTE that these are the maximum bounds of this region.
+   the actual size depends on the amount of physical
+   memory present. */
+#define VM_PAGEMAP_BASE   0xFFFF888000000000
+#define VM_PAGEMAP_LIMIT  0xFFFFC87FFFFFFFFF
+
 #define VM_PAGE_SIZE  0x1000
 #define VM_PAGE_MASK  (VM_PAGE_SIZE-1)
 #define VM_PAGE_SHIFT 12
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/pmap.c b/arch/x86_64/pmap.c
index 6f2586b..6f93c48 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/pmap.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/pmap.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static void delete_ptab(phys_addr_t pt)
 		/* physical address of 0x0, nothing to delete */
 		return;
 	}
-	
+
 	ptab_t *ptab = vm_phys_to_virt(pt);
 	kfree(ptab);
 }
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ static void delete_pdir(phys_addr_t pd)
 		/* physical address of 0x0, nothing to delete */
 		return;
 	}
-		
+
 	pdir_t *pdir = vm_phys_to_virt(pd);
 	for (int i = 0; i < 512; i++) {
 		if (pdir->p_pages[i] & PTE_PAGESIZE) {
 			/* this is a hugepage, there is nothing to delete */
 			continue;
-		} 
+		}
 
 		delete_ptab(pdir->p_entries[i]);
 	}
@@ -179,13 +179,13 @@ static kern_status_t do_pmap_add(pmap_t pmap, void *p, pfn_t pfn, vm_prot_t prot
 			   if this slot points to a hugepage, this does nothing */
 			delete_pdir(pdpt->p_entries[pdpt_index]);
 		}
-		
+
 		pdpt->p_pages[pdpt_index] = make_pte(pfn, prot, size);
 
 		return KERN_OK;
 	}
-		
-		
+
+
 	/* 3. traverse PDPT, get PDIR (optional, 4K and 2M only) */
 	pdir_t *pdir = NULL;
 	if (!pdpt->p_entries[pdpt_index] || pdpt->p_pages[pdpt_index] & PTE_PAGESIZE) {
@@ -247,6 +247,23 @@ void pmap_bootstrap(void)
 			    hugepage);
 	}
 
+	phys_addr_t pmem_limit = 0x0;
+	memblock_iter_t it;
+	for_each_mem_range(&it, 0x00, UINTPTR_MAX) {
+		if (it.it_limit > pmem_limit) {
+			pmem_limit = it.it_limit;
+		}
+	}
+
+	printk("pmap: initialising direct physical memory mappings");
+	vbase = VM_PAGEMAP_BASE;
+	for (size_t i = 0; i < pmem_limit; i += hugepage_sz) {
+		do_pmap_add(kernel_pmap,
+			    (void *)(vbase + i),
+			    PFN(i),
+			    VM_PROT_READ | VM_PROT_WRITE | VM_PROT_SVR, hugepage);
+	}
+
 	pmap_switch(kernel_pmap);
 	printk("pmap: kernel pmap initialised");
 }