Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 19 Dec 2012 18:29:54 -0600 | From | Jacob Shin <> | Subject | Re: [tip:x86/microcode] x86/microcode_intel_early.c: Early update ucode on Intel's CPU |
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On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 04:24:09PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 12/19/2012 04:07 PM, Jacob Shin wrote: > > > > From what I remember, accessing memory around the memory hole (not > > just the HT hole, but e038000000 ~ 10000000000 on our mentioned system > > ) generated prefetches because the memory hole was marked as WB in PAT. > > > > I'll take a look at the system again, try the blanket MTRR covering > > 0xe000000000 ~ 1TB, and talk to our BIOS guys. > > > > Yes, but do they all #MC (as opposed to, say, fetching all FFs)?
Yes, MCE every time and it was fatal.
> > -hpa > > >
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