Re: PAT support for i386 and x86_64

Andi Kleen
2007-08-08T16:01:00Z

On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 11:42:17AM -0400, Cédric Augonnet wrote:
> changing this register is absolutely not the actual issue with PAT, but
> don't
> you think such a first step is needed to avoid conflicts since people _do_
> already set that register from their driver.

Which drivers do that? Ok, I know the ATI 3d driver does, but if that
crashes the users know who is to blame.

No, I don't think we should merge a potentially data corrupting "first
step.". Even first steps have to meet some standards.

> Of course there is no problem for that being dependant on a CONFIG_PAT.

I don't think a CONFIG_DATA_CORRUPTION is a good idea.

-Andi