From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754033Ab3KCSOf (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Nov 2013 13:14:35 -0500 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.15]:55560 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752926Ab3KCSOe (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Nov 2013 13:14:34 -0500 Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2013 19:14:28 +0100 From: Andreas Werner To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, bp@alien8.de Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] X86: MM: Add PAT Type write-through in combination with mtrr Message-ID: <20131103181427.GA1346@thinkpad.fritz.box> References: <1383480142-5665-1-git-send-email-wernerandy@gmx.de> <52768B8E.1060902@zytor.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52768B8E.1060902@zytor.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:sXqMz1odnuUToTzKciURwFioSOGe65fyVjpja28o/9dt9qOv/6+ 0pE2oXya/fVPrTFgPtQy16EUAembfxC7l/8SxqjcaDpeLpSag24xQ3pgeCY4L8ScTCcxEOg THOEHEKPe//t5HptAX/KZOy+2yjv8hcBbNVZNHN7Rs7wMY71Gkc7wxITAdAKZnbWt56neBs WojEBfYGEwk9khJj4a4bg== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 09:44:46AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > On 11/03/2013 04:02 AM, Andreas Werner wrote: > > > > Since marking IO Memory as cachable is not valid, WT is the > > best way for caching/bursting on MMIO Devices. > > > > Uh... WT *is* cachable... > > -hpa > > Sorry my mistake, i mean "marking IO Memory as WB is not valid" regards Andy