Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:20:00 -0800
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org,
       akpm@linux-foundation.org, x86@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
       tytso@mit.edu, eric@anholt.net, airlied@redhat.com
Subject: Re: Bug/Warning report for the week of January 3rd, 2009
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On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:40:25 -0600
Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > Rank 2: mtrr_trim_uncached_memory (warning)
> > 	Reported 420 times (9816 total reports)
> > 	BIOS bug (often in VMWare) where the MTRR's are set up
> > incorrectly or not at all This warning was last seen in version
> > 2.6.28, and first seen in 2.6.24. More info:
> > http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=mtrr_trim_uncached_memory
> 
> It would be useful if this warning dumped out some DMI BIOS
> information or something, so we could see what systems/boards this
> was commonly happening with.. 

yes it would; this is why Linus merged a patch to do exactly that for
2.6.29..........


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