linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6

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Date:	Wed, 07 May 2008 16:01:17 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
CC:	Pavel Machek <pavel@...e.cz>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>,
	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: 2.6.26, PAT and AMD family 6

Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>  2) HPA said it was bad idea
> 
> hpa said white list is not a good idea.

I did, but I conceded that it is a reasonable intermediate step.

If the whitelist is there a year from now it's a problem.

	-hpa
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