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charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 03/09/2024 7:46 pm, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 9/3/24 02:32, tip-bot2 for Dave Hansen wrote: >> - if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model < 15) >> + if (c->x86_vfm >= INTEL_PENTIUM_PRO && >> + c->x86_vfm <= INTEL_CORE_YONAH) >> clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PAT); > Andy Cooper did point out that there is a theoretical behavioral change > here with c->x86_model==0. There is a reference to the existence of > such a beast on at least on random web page[1] on the Internet as "P6 > A-step". > > But the SDM neither confirms nor denies that such a model ever existed. > If the SDM can't be bothered to acknowledge its existence, Linux > probably shouldn't either. > > Either way, we're talking about a 32-bit CPU that's almost 30 years old > and was probably pre-production anyway. > > I'm fine with the patch as-is. > > 1. https://www.sandpile.org/x86/cpuid.htm This same purveyor of top quality x86 history pointed out that PAT didn't exist on the Pentium, PPro, or P2, so they are unlikely to be affected by this erratum. Other cross references if they're helpful:  * Banias Y31  * Dothan X14  * Yonah AE7  * Yonah Xeon AF7 Finally, this looks suspiciously like it's the bug described in footnote 1 of https://sandpile.org/x86/coherent.htm MTRR/PAT conflicts which otherwise identified that the early PAT-capable chips did behave as expected. ~Andrew