Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 11 Dec 2013 17:43:18 +0100 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: 50 Watt idle power regression bisected to Linux-3.10 |
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 03:56:55PM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote: > > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 01:43:52PM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > Something like the below.. someone needs to double check and possibly > > > add SNB/IVB EX parts if they're already available. > > > > Right, our friends at Intel would need to tell us which families/models > > does AAI65 span... if, this is actually the case. > > I think CLFLUSH should be pretty universally available, IIRC graphics > drivers were using it rather heavily in combination with > write-combining MTRRs, both on Linux and on Windows.
The availability isn't the problem; the cost is. We shouldn't issue one if its not required. Only 'broken' EX hardware needs it.
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