Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: introduce a new Linux defined feature flag for PAT support | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Thu, 08 May 2008 12:19:35 +0200 |
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Rene Herman <rene.herman@keyaccess.nl> writes: > > Use a new Linux defined X86_FEATURE_PAT_GOOD feature flag to
Better would be PAT_TESTED or PAT_RANDOMLY_APPROVED. Most of these CPUs without PAT_GOOD have actually perfectly good PAT, as Windows proves every day.
The main flaw in all of this of course is that there is no procedure to test CPUs which do not have the flag set yet.
-Andi
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