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* [git head] Should X86_PAT really default to yes?
@ 2008-05-02 19:22 Frans Pop
  2008-05-02 19:37 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 34+ messages in thread
From: Frans Pop @ 2008-05-02 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel; +Cc: Venki Pallipadi, Ingo Molnar

With X86_PAT enabled, when X is started I get about 40 lines (with varying 
addresses) like:
kernel: Xorg:3358 /dev/mem expected mapping type write-back for 
807bf000-81000000, got uncached-minus

And when X exits I get a bunch of lines like:
kernel: Xorg:3349 freeing invalid memtype 80020000-8002a000

I also noticed artifacts (a band of about 2 cm high across the screen) after 
X goes to black but before the switch to VT1.

When I unset X86_PAT all this disappeared.

Apparently this has been seen before:
http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/5/2/139

The author of that mail also points to:
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=120612742217604&w=2

Is this a bug in PAT or not. If it is, should PAT really be recommended to 
be enabled by default?

System: Intel desktop with D945GCZ mainboard
        Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.20GHz
        x86_64 kernel; Debian unstable
Video:  00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]:
        Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller
        [8086:2772] (rev 02)

Cheers,
FJP

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2008-05-02 19:22 [git head] Should X86_PAT really default to yes? Frans Pop
2008-05-02 19:37 ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2008-05-02 20:40   ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-02 21:55     ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2008-05-02 22:07       ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-04  7:10     ` Frans Pop
2008-05-04  9:04       ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-04 20:23       ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-05 16:55         ` Frans Pop
2008-05-05 17:00           ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2008-05-05 17:42             ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-05 18:56             ` Frans Pop
2008-05-05 15:57       ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-05 17:32         ` Frans Pop
2008-05-05 17:45           ` Jesse Barnes
2008-05-05 17:59             ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2008-05-05 18:59             ` Frans Pop
2008-05-05 19:04               ` fb layer & ioremap_wc Jesse Barnes
2008-06-13 16:42                 ` Frans Pop
2008-05-06 22:42           ` [git head] Should X86_PAT really default to yes? Venki Pallipadi
2008-05-07  7:02             ` [git head] X86_PAT & mprotect Ingo Molnar
2008-05-07 19:18               ` Hugh Dickins
2008-05-07 23:23                 ` Venki Pallipadi
2008-05-09 10:08                   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-09 20:05                     ` Venki Pallipadi
2008-05-09 20:09                       ` Venki Pallipadi
2008-05-09 20:48                         ` Hugh Dickins
2008-05-09 22:11                       ` Dave Airlie
2008-05-09 22:20                         ` Pallipadi, Venkatesh
2008-05-10  6:19                           ` Dave Airlie
2008-05-10  6:29                             ` Keith Packard
2008-05-10  5:45                         ` Keith Packard
2008-05-07 22:36               ` Venki Pallipadi
2008-05-25 15:08             ` [git head] Should X86_PAT really default to yes? Frans Pop

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