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SubjectRe: [Intel-gfx] [PATCH] x86/Sandy Bridge: reserve pages when integrated graphics is present
On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:43:31 +0000
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@virtuousgeek.org> wrote:

> SNB graphics devices have a bug that prevent them from accessing certain
> memory ranges, namely anything below 1M and in the pages listed in the
> table. So reserve those at boot if set detect a SNB gfx device on the
> CPU to avoid GPU hangs.
>
> Stephane Marchesin had a similar patch to the page allocator awhile
> back, but rather than reserving pages up front, it leaked them at
> allocation time.

So if people are seeing seemingly random hangs with SNB, please give
this patch a try. These issues aren't easy to hit, and they're
frustratingly hard to debug, but with some long runtime maybe it'll
give people some confidence.

--
Jesse Barnes, Intel Open Source Technology Center


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