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SubjectRe: [PATCH 4/4] x86, gart: Make sure GART does not map physmem above 1TB
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 11:50:33AM -0400, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> * Roedel, Joerg <Joerg.Roedel@amd.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:54:17AM -0400, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > On 04/18/2011 07:46 AM, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > > > On 04/18/2011 06:45 AM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> > > >> The GART can only map physical memory below 1TB. Make sure
> > > >> the gart driver in the kernel does not try to map memory
> > > >> above 1TB.
> > > >
> > > > Where does this limit come from?
> > >
> > > Nevermind... despite the generic name of the file it looks to be
> > > specific to the K8 GART.
> >
> > Yes, this file mostly contains the dma-ops implementation that uses the
> > K8 gart plus some k8-gart specific initialization functions.
>
> Does the file want to be renamed to pci-amd_gart_64.c or so?

Hmm, that seems long. How about just amd64_gart.c?

Joerg

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