Pentium III and Core Solo/Duo CPUs have an erratum " Page with PAT set to WC while associated MTRR is UC may consolidate to UC " which can result in WC setting in PAT to be ineffective. We will disable PAT on such CPUs, so that we can continue to use MTRR WC setting. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi --- arch/x86/kernel/cpu/addon_cpuid_features.c | 17 +++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) Index: tip/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/addon_cpuid_features.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/addon_cpuid_features.c 2008-08-20 14:25:18.000000000 -0700 +++ tip/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/addon_cpuid_features.c 2008-08-20 14:26:39.000000000 -0700 @@ -56,9 +56,22 @@ void __cpuinit validate_pat_support(stru switch (c->x86_vendor) { case X86_VENDOR_INTEL: - if (c->x86 == 0xF || (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model >= 15)) + /* + * There is a known erratum on Pentium III and Core Solo + * and Core Duo CPUs. + * " Page with PAT set to WC while associated MTRR is UC + * may consolidate to UC " + * Because of this erratum, it is better to stick with + * setting WC in MTRR rather than using PAT on these CPUs. + * + * Enable PAT WC only on P4, Core 2 or later CPUs. + */ + if (c->x86 > 0x6 || (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model >= 15)) return; - break; + + pat_disable("PAT WC disabled due to known CPU erratum."); + return; + case X86_VENDOR_AMD: case X86_VENDOR_CENTAUR: case X86_VENDOR_TRANSMETA: -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/