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DateFri, 03 Oct 2008 00:40:15 -0700
From"H. Peter Anvin" <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH 2/2] x86: mtrr_cleanup try gran_size to less than 1M
Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
>> +++ arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/if.c 2008-10-03 00:22:34.000000000 +0200
>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
>> static const char *const mtrr_strings[MTRR_NUM_TYPES] =
>> {
>> "uncachable", /* 0 */
>> - "write-combining", /* 1 */
>> + "write-combine", /* 1 */
>
> hm, maybe this bit could confuse versions of Xorg that modifies
> /proc/mtrr - i.e. this could be part of the ABI towards user-space.
> We'll see.
>

By the way, this is just plain wrong; the cachability name is "Write
Combining (WC)" not "write-combine".

-hpa


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