Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:02:49 +0200 | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs |
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On Mon, Jun 25, 2007 at 04:36:52PM -0700, Jesse Barnes wrote: > On Monday, June 25, 2007 4:34:33 Andi Kleen wrote: > > > This patch fixes a bug in the last patch that caused the code to > > > run on non-Intel machines (AMD machines apparently don't need it > > > > Actually the problem can happen on AMD too, but the symptoms can > > be different and there can be more wrong than just the MTRRs. > > I should have been more specific in the changelog. My understanding is > that AMD systems don't need it for memory above 4G, and since the code
AMD systems need MTRRs to get cached memory too, or what is your point?
There was a new memory remapping feature in RevE but I didn't think it obsoleted MTRRs.
We've also had systems with this issue.
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