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Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 12:05:27 -0700
From: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: fixed mtrr change WP to WB
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On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 11:43 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote:
> Yinghai Lu wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > >  Obviously, if you have already modified a table, you should save a
> pointer
> > > to it, and not rely on the kernel scanning later.
> > >
> >
> > that modified mptable is for second kernel that is kexeced.
> >
> >
>
>  Then you would have to add a method to pass it into the kernel if you want
> it to be generally useful.

but how about old stock kernel in RHEL3U9?

YH