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Message-ID: <49BED5D5.2000801@pardus.org.tr>
Date:	Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:42:29 +0200
From:	Ozan Çağlayan <ozan@...dus.org.tr>
To:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG 2.6.29_rc8] BIOS Bug: CPU MTRRs don't cover all of memory,
 	losing 0MB of RAM.

Yinghai Lu wrote:

> please check
> 
> [PATCH] x86: workaround system with strange var MTRR
> 

Thanks for your interest.

Oops is now replaced with a warning after applying the patch on top of tip/master.

BTW, do that kind of BIOS bugs have a negative impact on the performance of the system?


I'm sending the head of dmesg. And also I just noticed that there were MTRR related
stuff at the tail of the log buffer(with/without the patch). I'm posting them also:

--

MTRR default type: uncachable
MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
  00000-9FFFF write-back
  A0000-BFFFF uncachable
  C0000-FFFFF write-protect
MTRR variable ranges enabled:
  0 base 0000000000 mask 0000000000 write-back
  1 base 00CFF00000 mask FFFFF00000 uncachable
  2 base 00D0000000 mask FFF0000000 uncachable
  3 base 00E0000000 mask FFE0000000 uncachable
  4 base 0000004000 mask FFFFFFF000 uncachable
  5 base 0000005000 mask FFFFFFF000 uncachable
  6 base 0000006000 mask FFFFFFF000 uncachable
  7 base 0000007000 mask FFFFFFF000 uncachable
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg01 base=00000cff00 size=0000000100 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg02 base=00000d0000 size=0000010000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg03 base=00000e0000 size=0000020000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg04 base=0000000004 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg05 base=0000000005 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg06 base=0000000006 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg07 base=0000000007 size=0000000001 uncachable
WARNING: BIOS bug: VAR MTRR contains strange UC entry under 1M, check with your system vendor!
WARNING: BIOS bug: VAR MTRR contains strange UC entry under 1M, check with your system vendor!
WARNING: BIOS bug: VAR MTRR contains strange UC entry under 1M, check with your system vendor!
WARNING: BIOS bug: VAR MTRR contains strange UC entry under 1M, check with your system vendor!
e820 update range: 00000000cff00000 - 0000000100000000 (usable) ==> (reserved)
init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-00000000379fe000
 0000000000 - 0000200000 page 4k
 0000200000 - 0037800000 page 2M
 0037800000 - 00379fe000 page 4k
...
...
...
...
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg01 base=00000cff00 size=0000000100 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg02 base=00000d0000 size=0000010000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg03 base=00000e0000 size=0000020000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg04 base=0000000004 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg05 base=0000000005 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg06 base=0000000006 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg07 base=0000000007 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg01 base=00000cff00 size=0000000100 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg02 base=00000d0000 size=0000010000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg03 base=00000e0000 size=0000020000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg04 base=0000000004 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg05 base=0000000005 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg06 base=0000000006 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg07 base=0000000007 size=0000000001 uncachable
bnx2: eth1 NIC Copper Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex, receive & transmit flow control ON
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg01 base=00000cff00 size=0000000100 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg02 base=00000d0000 size=0000010000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg03 base=00000e0000 size=0000020000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg04 base=0000000004 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg05 base=0000000005 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg06 base=0000000006 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg07 base=0000000007 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg01 base=00000cff00 size=0000000100 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg02 base=00000d0000 size=0000010000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg03 base=00000e0000 size=0000020000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg04 base=0000000004 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg05 base=0000000005 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg06 base=0000000006 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg07 base=0000000007 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg01 base=00000cff00 size=0000000100 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg02 base=00000d0000 size=0000010000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg03 base=00000e0000 size=0000020000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg04 base=0000000004 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg05 base=0000000005 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg06 base=0000000006 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg07 base=0000000007 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
mtrr: type mismatch for d8000000,4000000 old: write-back new: write-combining
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg00 base=0000000000 size=0010000000 write-back
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg01 base=00000cff00 size=0000000100 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg02 base=00000d0000 size=0000010000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg03 base=00000e0000 size=0000020000 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg04 base=0000000004 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg05 base=0000000005 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg06 base=0000000006 size=0000000001 uncachable
  get_mtrr: cpu0 reg07 base=0000000007 size=0000000001 uncachable

-- 

Ozan Çağlayan
<ozan_at_pardus.org.tr>
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