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From: Thomas Schlichter <thomas.schlichter@web.de>
To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@vmware.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC Patch] use MTRR for write combining if PAT is not available
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:56:54 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200910111156.54951.thomas.schlichter@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4AD0ABFF.1020209@linux.intel.com>

Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> Thomas Schlichter wrote:
> > So, convincing Ubuntu to enable PAT would be a workaround, but I think
> > the problem would still exist and should be fixed.
> 
> I think it's time to get rid of CONFIG_PAT at all.. and just have it be
>  there. Making 10+ year old CPU features that are essential functionality a
>  config option... ... not a good idea to be honest.

I do completely agree with you in this point.

But should the current behavior of not using MTRR for write combining when PAT 
is disabled (for whatever reason) stay? I think it is more consistent to do 
whatever is necessary to enable write combining when we are asked to.

Kind regards,
  Thomas

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-10-11 10:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-10  1:22 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-10  4:24 ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-10-10  8:31   ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-10 15:45     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-10-10 17:50       ` Roland Dreier
2009-10-11  7:40       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-11  9:56       ` Thomas Schlichter [this message]
2009-10-11 18:51   ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2009-10-11 18:54     ` Arjan van de Ven
2009-10-11 20:19       ` Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
2009-10-12 18:09         ` Robert Hancock
     [not found] <200910122032.52168.thomas.schlichter@web.de>
2009-10-12 19:16 ` Thomas Hellstrom
2009-10-12 19:45   ` Thomas Schlichter
     [not found]     ` <1255378684.2063.5.camel@gaiman.anholt.net>
2009-10-13 21:05       ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-13  7:34 Jan Beulich
2009-10-13 21:29 ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-14  8:13   ` Jan Beulich
2009-10-14 19:14     ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-15  7:48       ` Jan Beulich
2009-10-17 19:48         ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-19  9:16           ` Jan Beulich
2009-10-19 13:44             ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-19 13:54               ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-19 13:36           ` Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
2009-10-19 14:47 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-20 19:54 ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-21 11:57   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-19 14:59 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-19 15:31 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-19 21:49   ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-20 20:35   ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-20 21:59     ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-21 11:52       ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-19 15:07 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-19 15:10 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-19 15:28 ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-21 13:45 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-21 14:11 ` Jan Beulich
2009-10-21 17:35   ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-21 20:01     ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-22  9:53       ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-22 15:34         ` Eric Anholt
2009-10-22 21:47           ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-22 23:10             ` Jesse Barnes
2009-10-23  0:11               ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-23  1:53                 ` Eric Anholt
2009-10-23  4:31                   ` Jesse Barnes
2009-10-23  4:58                     ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-23  7:24                       ` Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-23 14:24                         ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-23 14:37                           ` Ingo Molnar
2009-10-23  4:33                   ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-21 14:38 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-21 15:14 ` Jan Beulich
2009-10-22 12:08 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-22 12:14 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-10-22 13:26   ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-22 13:35 ` Suresh Siddha
2009-10-22 14:27 Thomas Schlichter
2009-10-22 14:41 Thomas Schlichter

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