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Message-ID: <20090103162000.138943b3@infradead.org> Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:20:00 -0800 From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> To: Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, x86@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu, eric@...olt.net, airlied@...hat.com Subject: Re: Bug/Warning report for the week of January 3rd, 2009 On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:40:25 -0600 Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca> wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > Rank 2: mtrr_trim_uncached_memory (warning) > > Reported 420 times (9816 total reports) > > BIOS bug (often in VMWare) where the MTRR's are set up > > incorrectly or not at all This warning was last seen in version > > 2.6.28, and first seen in 2.6.24. More info: > > http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=mtrr_trim_uncached_memory > > It would be useful if this warning dumped out some DMI BIOS > information or something, so we could see what systems/boards this > was commonly happening with.. yes it would; this is why Linus merged a patch to do exactly that for 2.6.29.......... -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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