linux-kernel - Re: Regression: starting X locks box with git master

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Date:	Wed, 7 May 2008 21:58:05 +0000
From:	"Justin Mattock" <justinmattock@...il.com>
To:	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...k.pl>
Cc:	"James Cloos" <cloos@...loos.com>,
	"Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regression: starting X locks box with git master

On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 9:53 PM, Rafael J. Wysocki <rjw@...k.pl> wrote:
> On Friday, 25 of April 2008, James Cloos wrote:
>  > >>>>> "Yinghai" == Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@...il.com> writes:
>  >
>  > Yinghai> Do you have CONFIG_X86_PAT in your .config?
>  >
>  > I do not find that in .config at all, set or not:
>  >
>  > :; grep X86_PAT /usr/src/linux-2.6/.config
>  >
>  > returns nothing.
>  >
>  > But the kernel which dies does generate this:
>  >
>  > Apr 24 04:28:09 [kernel] [    0.000000] x86: PAT support disabled.
>
>  Has the problem been fixed in 2.6.26-rc1 or in the current -git?
>
>  Rafael
>

X86PAT was enabled in 2.6.26-rc1, the problem is when loading fglrx
there is a conflict, you have to disable X86pat for fglrx PAT to be
enabled.
regards;

-- 
Justin P. Mattock
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