linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 19:38:06 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs

On Tue, Jun 26, 2007 at 10:06:41AM -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> writes:
> 
> >> For the K7 and K8 cores AMD systems are exactly like Intel systems
> >> with respect to MTRRs (although AMD systems also have additional registers)
> >> For the K9 core (i.e. AMD socket F or the K8 with DDR2 support) there
> >
> > It's called K8RevE, not K9
> 
> revF not revE.  I think AMD was code-naming that K9 before the socket F
> part was released.

I didn't think so.

> 
> revE was the last DDR rev of the K8 core.

RevE had a new memory remapping scheme (memory hoisting) at least, which
I think you refered to earlier.  There might have been more changes in F.

-Andi
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