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SubjectRe: PATCH: enable PAT at Pentium M 1.7 GHz
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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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