linux-kernel - Re: x86: enable pat on amd athlon mode=6

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Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:44:36 +0200
From:	Bernd Schubert <bernd-schubert@....de>
To:	Rene Herman <rene.herman@...access.nl>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: x86: enable pat on amd athlon mode=6

On Wednesday 25 June 2008, Rene Herman wrote:
> On 25-06-08 22:15, Rene Herman wrote:
> > On 25-06-08 21:53, Bernd Schubert wrote:
> >> on my AthlonXP 1700 PAT works fine (I tested it several days). Please
> >> accept one of the patches below, I don't know which you refer.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bernd-schubert@....de>
> >
> > Yes, PAT works equally well on my earlier model 6. The setup's already
> > changed in linux-next though and now blacklists some Intel models only:
> >
> > http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/sfr/linux-next.git;a=blob;f=arc
> >h/x86/kernel/cpu/addon_cpuid_features.c;h=84a8220a6072c0425b9da95fbb28b5a3
> >09cbfda1;hb=HEAD
>
> Well, if I provide a link, I might as well look at it myself I guess...
>
> Earlier patches on linux-kernel did the white->black list switching but
> as you can see that in linux-next at least all of AMD is already
> whitelisted.

Great, thanks!


Cheers,
Bernd
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