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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/6] x86, mm, pat: Change reserve_memtype() to handle
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From: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com>
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On Wed, 2014-09-10 at 13:14 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> On 09/10/2014 12:30 PM, Toshi Kani wrote:
> > 
> > When WT is unavailable due to the PAT errata, it does not fail but gets
> > redirected to UC-.  Similarly, when PAT is disabled, WT gets redirected
> > to UC- as well.
> > 
> 
> But on pre-PAT hardware you can still do WT.

Yes, if we manipulates the bits directly, but such code is no longer
allowed for PAT systems.  The PAT-based kernel interfaces won't work for
pre-PAT systems, and therefore requests are redirected to UC- on such
systems. 

Thanks,
-Toshi