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From: Gabriel C <nix.or.die@googlemail.com>
To: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	Mika Fischer <mika.fischer@zoopnet.de>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v7
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:12:40 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4817F1B8.9030007@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <86802c440804292029y4a22e322s54220923f32f283f@mail.gmail.com>

Yinghai Lu wrote:
> please try the patches
> 
> from
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/29/754
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/4/29/753
> 
> in addtion to
> 
> http://people.redhat.com/mingo/x86.git/README
> ( it has v8 already)
> 
> and try with mtrr_gran_size=128m

Without any value I get :

...

[    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25-x86-latest.git-06598-g6a2c2ff-dirty (crazy@thor) (gcc version 4.3.0 (Frugalware Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 30 05:51:39 CEST 2008
[    0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/sdb1 ro debug vga=0x317
[    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009cc00 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000000009cc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf550000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000cf550000 - 00000000cf55e000 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000cf55e000 - 00000000cf5e0000 (ACPI NVS)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000cf5e0000 - 00000000cf600000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000ffc00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000012c000000 (usable)
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 156) 0 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 849232) 1 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 1048576, 1228800) 2 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] max_pfn_mapped = 1228800
[    0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
[    0.000000] After WB checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 000000000012c000
[    0.000000] After UC checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 000000000012c000
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 00000000000cf800 - 00000000000d0000
[    0.000000] After sorting
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 00000000000cf800 - 00000000000d0000
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 000000000012c000
[    0.000000] range0: 0000000000000000 - 00000000c0000000
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 0, base: 0MB, range: 2048MB, type WB
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 1, base: 2048MB, range: 1024MB, type WB
[    0.000000] range: 00000000c0000000 - 00000000cf600000
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 2, base: 3072MB, range: 128MB, type WB
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 3, base: 3200MB, range: 64MB, type WB
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 4, base: 3264MB, range: 32MB, type WB
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 5, base: 3296MB, range: 16MB, type WB
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 6, base: 3312MB, range: 4MB, type WB
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 7, base: 3316MB, range: 2MB, type WB
[    0.000000] range0: 00000000cf800000 - 00000000df800000
[    0.000000] range: 00000000df800000 - 00000000d0000000
[    0.000000] DONE variable MTRRs
[    0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7010600070106, new 0x7010600070106
[    0.000000] After WB checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
[    0.000000] After UC checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
[    0.000000] After sorting
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
[    0.000000] WARNING: BIOS bug: CPU MTRRs don't cover all of memory, losing 704MB of RAM.
[    0.000000] update e820 for mtrr
[    0.000000] modified physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009cc00 (usable)
[    0.000000]  modified: 000000000009cc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf550000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000cf550000 - 00000000cf55e000 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000cf55e000 - 00000000cf5e0000 (ACPI NVS)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000cf5e0000 - 00000000cf600000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000ffc00000 - 000000012c000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 156) 3 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 849232) 3 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] max_pfn_mapped = 1228800
[    0.000000] init_memory_mapping                                                                                                                          

...

[   20.984343] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20060119 on minor 0
[   21.450368] mtrr: no more MTRRs available

...

with mtrr_gran_size=128m I get :

...

[    0.000000] Linux version 2.6.25-x86-latest.git-06598-g6a2c2ff-dirty (crazy@thor) (gcc version 4.3.0 (Frugalware Linux) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 30 05:51:39 CEST 2008
[    0.000000] Command line: root=/dev/sdb1 ro debug vga=0x317 mtrr_gran_size=128m
[    0.000000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009cc00 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 000000000009cc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 00000000cf550000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000cf550000 - 00000000cf55e000 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000cf55e000 - 00000000cf5e0000 (ACPI NVS)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000cf5e0000 - 00000000cf600000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 00000000ffc00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 - 000000012c000000 (usable)
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 156) 0 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 849232) 1 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 1048576, 1228800) 2 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] max_pfn_mapped = 1228800
[    0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
[    0.000000] After WB checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 000000000012c000
[    0.000000] After UC checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 000000000012c000
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 00000000000cf800 - 00000000000d0000
[    0.000000] After sorting
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000cf600
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 00000000000cf800 - 00000000000d0000
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 000000000012c000
[    0.000000] range0: 0000000000000000 - 00000000c0000000
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 0, base: 0MB, range: 2048MB, type WB
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 1, base: 2048MB, range: 1024MB, type WB
[    0.000000] range: 00000000c0000000 - 00000000c8000000
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 2, base: 3072MB, range: 128MB, type WB
[    0.000000] rangeX: 00000000d0000000 - 00000000d0000000
[    0.000000] range0: 0000000100000000 - 0000000120000000
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 3, base: 4096MB, range: 512MB, type WB
[    0.000000] range: 0000000120000000 - 0000000128000000
[    0.000000] Setting variable MTRR 4, base: 4608MB, range: 128MB, type WB
[    0.000000] DONE variable MTRRs
[    0.000000] x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7010600070106, new 0x7010600070106
[    0.000000] After WB checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000c8000
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 0000000000128000
[    0.000000] After UC checking
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000c8000
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 0000000000128000
[    0.000000] After sorting
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000c8000
[    0.000000] MTRR MAP PFN: 0000000000100000 - 0000000000128000
[    0.000000] WARNING: BIOS bug: CPU MTRRs don't cover all of memory, losing 181MB of RAM.
[    0.000000] update e820 for mtrr
[    0.000000] modified physical RAM map:
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009cc00 (usable)
[    0.000000]  modified: 000000000009cc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000000e4000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000000100000 - 00000000c8000000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000c8000000 - 00000000cf550000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000cf550000 - 00000000cf55e000 (ACPI data)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000cf55e000 - 00000000cf5e0000 (ACPI NVS)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000cf5e0000 - 00000000cf600000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 00000000ffc00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000100000000 - 0000000128000000 (usable)
[    0.000000]  modified: 0000000128000000 - 000000012c000000 (reserved)
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 156) 3 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 256, 819200) 3 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] Entering add_active_range(0, 1048576, 1212416) 3 entries of 256 used
[    0.000000] max_pfn_mapped = 1228800
[    0.000000] init_memory_mapping

...

I will try tomorrow some more boot options but now I need some sleep ;)

                                                                                                                         
> 
> Thanks
> 
> YH
> 


Gabriel

  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-30  4:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 89+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-28  6:37 [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28  9:06 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v2 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 13:08   ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-28 13:49     ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-28 15:28       ` Mika Fischer
2008-04-28  5:50         ` Arjan van de Ven
2008-04-28 16:01         ` Gabriel C
2008-04-28 16:28           ` Mika Fischer
2008-04-28 19:44   ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v3 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 20:15     ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-28 20:18       ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 20:29         ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-28 20:16     ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v4 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 22:05       ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v5 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-28 22:36         ` Randy Dunlap
2008-04-28 22:47           ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29  2:42         ` Andrew Morton
2008-04-29  3:01           ` Yinghai Lu
     [not found]         ` <200804290157.30651.yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
2008-04-29  8:59           ` [PATCH 2/2] x86: fix trimming e820 with MTRR holes Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 11:35             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 17:18               ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 17:20                 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30  3:25             ` [PATCH] x86: fix trimming e820 with MTRR holes. - fix Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 12:09               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29  9:00         ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v7 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29  9:47           ` Gabriel C
2008-04-29 10:30             ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 10:56               ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 11:26                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 11:51                 ` Gabriel C
2008-04-29 17:11                   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 20:25                     ` Gabriel C
2008-04-29 21:49                       ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 23:56                         ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30  0:06                           ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30  0:38                             ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30  1:02                               ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30  3:00                                 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30  3:29                                   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30  4:12                                     ` Gabriel C [this message]
2008-04-30  4:25                                       ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 12:04                                         ` Gabriel C
2008-04-30 16:26                                           ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30  0:13                           ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 10:52           ` [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v8 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 13:07             ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 17:25               ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 20:46             ` Randy Dunlap
2008-04-29 21:54               ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30  3:25             ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v8 - fix Yinghai Lu
2008-04-30 12:09               ` Ingo Molnar
2008-05-01  8:00               ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 11:45                 ` Gabriel C
2008-05-02  0:06                   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02  0:29                     ` Gabriel C
2008-05-02  0:35                       ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02  1:18                         ` Gabriel C
2008-05-02  1:55                           ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 12:09                 ` Mika Fischer
2008-05-01 16:35                   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 16:59                     ` Mika Fischer
2008-05-01 17:40                       ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 15:09                 ` Randy Dunlap
2008-05-01 16:38                   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 18:57                 ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect v2 Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 19:42                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:02                     ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:10                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:20                         ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:26                           ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:31                             ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:33                               ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 21:44                                 ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 21:49                                   ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 22:52                                     ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-01 22:57                                       ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-01 23:10                                         ` Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02  0:52                   ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect v3 Yinghai Lu
2008-05-02  9:40                     ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete - auto detect v4 Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 19:00         ` [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v5 Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-29 20:04           ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 20:29             ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-29 21:57               ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 22:09                 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-04-29 22:18                   ` Yinghai Lu
2008-04-29 22:14                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-29 22:54                   ` Thomas Gleixner
2008-04-30  1:16                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2008-04-30  9:57                       ` Alan Cox

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