linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.27 mtrr fixes do not work when X starts

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Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:53:25 +0200
From:	Helge Hafting <helge.hafting@...el.hist.no>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
CC:	Alexander Huemer <alexander.huemer@....ac.at>,
	"Pallipadi, Venkatesh" <venkatesh.pallipadi@...el.com>,
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Re: 2.6.27 mtrr fixes do not work when X starts

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 2:32 AM, Helge Hafting
> <helge.hafting@...el.hist.no> wrote:

>> I hope this helps so the extra bootup parameters can be avoided in the
>> release kernel.
> 
> that is a little bit hard.

Well, perhaps not 2.6.27, but I hope I won't need
"mtrr_spare_reg_nr=3" forever. Or is my machine a strange
corner case as far as mtrr's are concerned?

Helge Hafting
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