From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753484AbZBZSDc (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:03:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752034AbZBZSDX (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:03:23 -0500 Received: from mx2.mail.elte.hu ([157.181.151.9]:48078 "EHLO mx2.mail.elte.hu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751880AbZBZSDW (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:03:22 -0500 Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:03:04 +0100 From: Ingo Molnar To: Kyle McMartin , "H. Peter Anvin" , Thomas Gleixner Cc: x86@kernel.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: enable DMAR by default Message-ID: <20090226180304.GA10940@elte.hu> References: <20090226175756.GP6690@bombadil.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090226175756.GP6690@bombadil.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-ELTE-VirusStatus: clean X-ELTE-SpamScore: -1.5 X-ELTE-SpamLevel: X-ELTE-SpamCheck: no X-ELTE-SpamVersion: ELTE 2.0 X-ELTE-SpamCheck-Details: score=-1.5 required=5.9 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=no SpamAssassin version=3.2.3 -1.5 BAYES_00 BODY: Bayesian spam probability is 0 to 1% [score: 0.0000] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org * Kyle McMartin wrote: > From: Kyle McMartin > > Now that the obvious bugs have been worked out, specifically > the iwlagn issue, and the write buffer errata, DMAR should be > safe to turn back on by default. (We've had it on since those > patches were first written a few weeks ago, without any > noticeable bug reports (most have been due to the dma-api > debug patchset.)) > > Signed-off-by: Kyle McMartin > > --- > Probably 2.6.29 material, but should definitely go in for 2.6.30. Definitely agreed on .30. Can do it in .29 as well if David and the rest of the Cc: agrees. Ingo