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Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 14:44:23 -0700
From: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect v2
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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 2:33 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>
> >
> > >  Overall, I'm feeling there is something really completely wrong if this
> > > needs manual tunables of any sort.
> > >
> >
> > the problem is BIOS set MTRR like BIG WB - SOME SAMLL UC to spare mtrr
> regs.
> >
> > but later X server driver want to set some range to WC. that already
> > is fallen in UC...
> >
>
>  That's not the point.  I understand you want to flatten the layout.  The
> point is: why do you need manual tunables for the algorithm to do the right
> thing?

optimal result is not losing covering for ranges that is originally
covered, and still keep as many of spare mtrr entries for X server
driver.
we only have 8 mtrrs, could lose some covering because of run out of mtrr regs.
So we need to search it according to chunk/gran with ram ranges that
is defined by old mtrr layout.

and if we can not find the optimal setting, user could select one
setting (chunk/gran size) to boot next time, but he will lose some
covering.
for some regions. later trim_mtrr will remove those range from e820 map

YH