From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Mika Fischer <mika.fischer@zoopnet.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v5
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:54:28 +0200 (CEST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0804300050070.6003@apollo.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m11w4oxq9i.fsf@frodo.ebiederm.org>
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Think of SMM mode is a lightweight hypervisor that we can't get rid
> of, if you want to understand the worst case.
>
> In theory SMM mode is completely unnecessary as soon as we enable
> ACPI. In practice ACPI appears to frequently trap into SMM mode.
SMM does more than that. It emulates legacy hardware and fixes
chip(set) bugs as well. Disabling it just makes your box stop
working. There are certain types of systems where essential safety
nets rely on SMIs (you can deep-fry P4s by disabling SMIs).
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-29 22:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-28 6:37 [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 9:06 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v2 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 13:08 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-28 13:49 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-28 15:28 ` Mika Fischer
2008-04-28 5:50 ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-28 16:01 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-28 16:28 ` Mika Fischer
2008-04-28 19:44 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v3 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 20:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-28 20:18 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 20:29 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-28 20:16 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v4 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 22:05 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v5 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 22:36 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-04-28 22:47 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 2:42 ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-29 3:01 ` Yinghai Lu
[not found] ` <200804290157.30651.yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
2008-04-29 8:59 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: fix trimming e820 with MTRR holes Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 11:35 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 17:18 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 17:20 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 3:25 ` [PATCH] x86: fix trimming e820 with MTRR holes. - fix Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 12:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 9:00 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v7 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 9:47 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-29 10:30 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 10:56 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 11:26 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 11:51 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-29 17:11 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 20:25 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-29 21:49 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 23:56 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30 0:06 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30 0:38 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 1:02 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30 3:00 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 3:29 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 4:12 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30 4:25 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 12:04 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30 16:26 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 0:13 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 10:52 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v8 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 13:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 17:25 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 20:46 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-04-29 21:54 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 3:25 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v8 - fix Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 12:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-01 8:00 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 11:45 ` Gabriel C
2008-05-02 0:06 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02 0:29 ` Gabriel C
2008-05-02 0:35 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02 1:18 ` Gabriel C
2008-05-02 1:55 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 12:09 ` Mika Fischer
2008-05-01 16:35 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 16:59 ` Mika Fischer
2008-05-01 17:40 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 15:09 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-05-01 16:38 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 18:57 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect v2 Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 19:42 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:02 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:10 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:20 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:26 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:31 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:33 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:44 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 22:52 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 22:57 ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 23:10 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02 0:52 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect v3 Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02 9:40 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect v4 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 19:00 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v5 Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-29 20:04 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 20:29 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-29 21:57 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 22:09 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 22:18 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 22:14 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-29 22:54 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2008-04-30 1:16 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-30 9:57 ` Alan Cox
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