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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Check AMD SYSCFG DramModEn bit for MTRR configur

To: Keir Fraser <keir.xen@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] Check AMD SYSCFG DramModEn bit for MTRR configuration
From: Anish Patel <anish.mailing.list@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2011 10:20:15 -0500
Cc: Wei Huang <wei.huang2@xxxxxxx>, "'xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Buggy BIOSes are more common than you think. especially from small shops, and some times they don't tend to release BIOS updates for their platforms.



On 03/02/11 02:01, Keir Fraser wrote:
On 01/03/2011 21:11, "Wei Huang"<wei.huang2@xxxxxxx>  wrote:

This patch checks whether SYSCFG DramModEn bit is clear by BIOS. Some
buggy BIOS might set this bit to 1, which causes unexpected behavior on
AMD platforms. This patch also increase family check for AMD CPUs when
setting fixed MTRR ranges.
How common are these buggy BIOSes? Can't we just get users to update their
BIOS?

  -- Keir

Signed-off-by: Wei Huang<wei.huang2@xxxxxxx>


PS: If OK, please apply it to both xen-4.1 and xen-4.0 trees.

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