Messages in this thread | | | From | "CIJOML" <> | Subject | Re: PATCH: enable PAT at Pentium M 1.7 GHz | Date | Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:24:00 +0200 |
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H. Peter Anvin writes:
> 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
Well the truth is, that I use this little tweak from 2.6.26-rc and first cpu having PAT was P3 XEON. And because Intel has backward compatibility, it is safe to use it. I don't have any problem with loosing data or any suspend/resume problems with this.
Reference: http://safari.ibmpressbooks.com/032124656X/ch32
Best regards
Michal
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