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

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Message-ID: <20070625233433.GA32306@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:34:33 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Jesse Barnes <jesse.barnes@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@...idpixels.com>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs

> This patch fixes a bug in the last patch that caused the code to
> run on non-Intel machines (AMD machines apparently don't need it

Actually the problem can happen on AMD too, but the symptoms can
be different and there can be more wrong than just the MTRRs.

-Andi
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