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Message-ID: <86802c440808312045x508ac0fbu3c9408b26f823ce7@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:45:33 -0700
From: "Yinghai Lu" <yhlu.kernel@...il.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: "Krzysztof Helt" <krzysztof.h1@...pl>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: amd k6-2 mtrr not detected fix
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:53 AM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com> wrote:
> Krzysztof Helt wrote:
>>
>> It seems that the same problem affects Cyrix and
>> Centaur/VIA cpus. Can some x86 guy inspect the
>> mtrr initialization code ?
>>
>
> *GROAN*
>
> I would prefer if we could move the CPU detection code before the MTRR code;
> I don't think there is an inherent reason why we shouldn't be able to. It
> would be much preferrable to scattering all kinds of CPU detection
> information all over the system.
>
> I am going to be away today so I can't look at this myself until tomorrow at
> the earliest (tomorrow is a holiday here, though, so I can't promise I'll be
> around then either.)
>
will send one for Helt to test it...
YH
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