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Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2

From "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2
Date 2015-08-06 22:00 +0200
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On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:53 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez
<mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> wrote:
> For those type of OSes...
> could it be possible to negotiate or hint to the platform through an
> attribute somehow that the OS has such capability to not use MTRR?

And if that's not possible how about a new platform setting that would
need to be set at the platform level to enable disabling this junk?
Then only folks who know what they are doing would enable it, and if
the customer set it, the issue would not be on the platform.

 Luis
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Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-06 22:00 +0200
  Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-06 22:00 +0200
  Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> - 2015-08-07 01:10 +0200
    Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-07 22:30 +0200
      Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> - 2015-08-08 00:00 +0200
        Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-08 00:30 +0200
          Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> - 2015-08-08 01:20 +0200
            Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> - 2015-08-08 01:30 +0200
            Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@do-not-panic.com> - 2015-08-08 01:30 +0200
              Re: [Xen-devel] RIP MTRR - status update for upcoming v4.2 Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hp.com> - 2015-08-08 02:00 +0200

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