linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86: enable PAT for amd k8 and fam10h

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Date:	Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:45:53 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: enable PAT for amd k8 and fam10h

Yinghai Lu wrote:
>>
>>  This really should be handled through a CPU flag.  Specifically, it
>>  should be handled by disabling the PAT flag if PAT is unusable or
>>  suspect of being unusable; it should *NOT* be stashed away in a
>>  completely separate piece of code.
> 
> PAT patches in x86.git latest, only support some intel CPUs.
> 
>         if (boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL &&
>             (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 0xF ||
>              (boot_cpu_data.x86 == 6 && boot_cpu_data.x86_model >= 15))) {
>                 if (cpu_has_pat) {
>                         return 1;
>                 }
>         }
> 
> should be moved to setup_64.c?
> 

Yes, which in turn should be merged with the 32-bit code in cpu/*.c.

Personally I would prefer a blacklist rather than a whitelist, but 
that's nitpicking.

	-=hpa
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