linux-kernel - Re: Linux 2.6.39-rc3

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Message-ID: <20110415142829.GL18463@8bytes.org>
Date:	Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:28:29 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:	Andreas Herrmann <herrmann.der.user@...glemail.com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alex Deucher <alexdeucher@...il.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org" <dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, alexandre.f.demers@...il.com
Subject: Re: Linux 2.6.39-rc3

On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 04:04:45PM +0200, Andreas Herrmann wrote:
> What about tagging this patch for stable/longterm releases?
> 
> Potentially there are other cases where certain combinations of
> hardware(GPUs)/drivers/whatsoever might trigger a GartTlbWlkErr. If
> the BIOS doesn't follow the BKDG recommendation to mask these errors,
> the system will hang/reboot. Thus I think having this quirk in .32 and
> .38 (at least) is useful.

Right, thats certainly a good idea. The problem is not specific to GPUs,
any other device can trigger this too.

	Joerg

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