Re: [Bug 11388] New: 2.6.27-rc3 warns about MTRR range; only 3 of 16gb of memory is usable

["Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 7:15 PM, Joshua Hoblitt <josh@hoblitt.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 06:55:58PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
>> can you send out /proc/cpuinfo
>
> See below.  I should also add that this kernel correctly sets up the mtrrs
> on an amd system.
>
> --
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 23
> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5482  @ 3.20GHz
> stepping        : 6
> cpu MHz         : 2400.000
> cache size      : 6144 KB
> physical id     : 0
> siblings        : 4
> core id         : 0
> cpu cores       : 4
> apicid          : 0
> initial apicid  : 0
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 10
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe
> syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni
> monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca sse4_1 lahf_lm
> bogomips        : 6386.99
> clflush size    : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes   : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
> power management:
>
> processor       : 1
> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
> cpu family      : 6
> model           : 23
> model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU           X5482  @ 3.20GHz
> stepping        : 6
> cpu MHz         : 2400.000
> cache size      : 6144 KB
> physical id     : 1
> siblings        : 4
> core id         : 0
> cpu cores       : 4
> apicid          : 4
> initial apicid  : 4
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : yes
> cpuid level     : 10
> wp              : yes
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe
> syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl pni
> monitor ds_cpl vmx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr dca sse4_1 lahf_lm
> bogomips        : 6386.12
> clflush size    : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes   : 38 bits physical, 48 bits virtual

good, the root cause is your bios not set mask correctly...

it should set var mtrr like

[    0.429971]  MSR00000200: 00000000d0000000
[    0.433305]  MSR00000201: 0000000ff0000800
==> [    0.433305]  MSR00000201: 0000003ff0000800

[    0.436638]  MSR00000202: 00000000e0000000
[    0.439971]  MSR00000203: 0000000fe0000800
==> [    0.439971]  MSR00000203: 0000003fe0000800

[    0.443304]  MSR00000204: 0000000000000006
[    0.446637]  MSR00000205: 0000000c00000800
==> [    0.446637]  MSR00000205: 0000003c00000800

[    0.449970]  MSR00000206: 0000000400000006
[    0.453303]  MSR00000207: 0000000fe0000800
==>[    0.453303]  MSR00000207: 0000003fe0000800

[    0.456636]  MSR00000208: 0000000420000006
[    0.459970]  MSR00000209: 0000000ff0000800
==> [    0.459970]  MSR00000209: 0000003ff0000800

you may talk to your BIOS vendor or system vendor to request one new
updated BIOS.

YH