linux-kernel - Re: warning in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:400 with 2.6.29-rc3 on IBM x3400

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Message-ID: <86802c440902102106o54e4ea2fua4d108c8564ff8a@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:06:39 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	"Morten P.D. Stevens" <mstevens@...-professional.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: warning in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:400 with 2.6.29-rc3 
	on IBM x3400

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Morten P.D. Stevens
<mstevens@...-professional.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> can you post /proc/mtrr in 2.6.29-rc3 and old kernel without
> warn_on..?
>
> okay... affected are 2.6.26, 2.6.27, 2.6.28 and 2.6.29-rc3. (previous
> kernels are not tested)
> a small update: debian 2.6.26 lenny default kernel should be also
> affected.
>
> here /proc/mtrr from 2.6.28.4:
>
> ibm-x3400:~# cat /proc/mtrr
> reg00: base=0x0c0000000 ( 3072MB), size= 1024MB, count=1: uncachable
> reg01: base=0x000000000 (    0MB), size= 4096MB, count=1: write-back
> reg02: base=0x100000000 ( 4096MB), size= 1024MB, count=1: write-back
> reg03: base=0x0bff80000 ( 3071MB), size=  512KB, count=1: uncachable
>
> /proc/mtrr linux 2.6.24 (from gentoo 2008.0 amd64 livecd) no errors in
> dmesg
>
> reg00: base=0xc0000000 (3072MB), size=1024MB: uncachable, count=1
> reg01: base=0x00000000 (   0MB), size=4096MB: write-back, count=1
> reg02: base=0x100000000 (4096MB), size=1024MB: write-back, count=1
> reg03: base=0xbff80000 (3071MB), size=196608MB: uncachable, count=1

so there is some problem with your BIOS, please ask the vendor to
provide one to make
2.6.24 happy.

YH
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