Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761017AbYHHUyW (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:54:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753797AbYHHUyO (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:54:14 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:39606 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752930AbYHHUyN (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:54:13 -0400 Message-ID: <489CB25B.9040801@zytor.com> Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:53:47 -0700 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080501) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: CIJOML CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de Subject: Re: PATCH: enable PAT at Pentium M 1.7 GHz References: <20080808195743.7EDAEB88F@nebuchadnezzar.smejdil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20080808195743.7EDAEB88F@nebuchadnezzar.smejdil.cz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 592 Lines: 15 CIJOML wrote: > Hi there, > Sending oneliner enabling PAT at my Pentium M 1.7 GHz CPU. It simply works. That's not really the right way to do that. Unfortunately the likely failure scenario is "data corruption after a month of uptime." Thus, we really need someone to review the relevant errata; I believe Venki is planning to do so. -hpa -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/