[RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-10 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 12:46:19PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. > Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't > need to use MTRRs. > > This series adds new functions arch_phys_wc_{add,del} that, o

Re: [RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-10 Thread Daniel Vetter
On Thu, May 09, 2013 at 12:46:19PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. > Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't > need to use MTRRs. > > This series adds new functions arch_phys_wc_{add,del} that, o

Re: [RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-10 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Jerome Glisse wrote: > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >> A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. >> Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't >> need to use MTRRs. > > This comment

[RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-09 Thread Jerome Glisse
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. > Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't > need to use MTRRs. This comment is wrong, as i said we need MTRR on PAT system for VRAM. Che

[RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-09 Thread Andy Lutomirski
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Jerome Glisse wrote: > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Andy Lutomirski > wrote: >> A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. >> Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't >> need to use MTRRs. > > This comm

Re: [RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-09 Thread Jerome Glisse
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 3:46 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. > Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't > need to use MTRRs. This comment is wrong, as i said we need MTRR on PAT system for VRAM. Che

[RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-09 Thread Andy Lutomirski
A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't need to use MTRRs. This series adds new functions arch_phys_wc_{add,del} that, on PAT-less x86 systems with MTRRs, add MTRRs and report errors, and that do

[RFC/PATCH v2 0/8] Clean up write-combining MTRR addition

2013-05-09 Thread Andy Lutomirski
A fair number of drivers (mostly graphics) add write-combining MTRRs. Most ignore errors and most add the MTRR even on PAT systems which don't need to use MTRRs. This series adds new functions arch_phys_wc_{add,del} that, on PAT-less x86 systems with MTRRs, add MTRRs and report errors, and that do