From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Arjan van de Ven Subject: Re: Bug/Warning report for the week of January 3rd, 2009 Date: Sat, 3 Jan 2009 16:20:00 -0800 Message-ID: <20090103162000.138943b3@infradead.org> References: <20090103140332.74f39ade@infradead.org> <495FF769.3040205@shaw.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org, x86@kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, tytso@mit.edu, eric@anholt.net, airlied@redhat.com To: Robert Hancock Return-path: Received: from casper.infradead.org ([85.118.1.10]:36031 "EHLO casper.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751684AbZADASN (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 Jan 2009 19:18:13 -0500 In-Reply-To: <495FF769.3040205@shaw.ca> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:40:25 -0600 Robert Hancock wrote: > Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > Rank 2: mtrr_trim_uncached_memory (warning) > > Reported 420 times (9816 total reports) > > BIOS bug (often in VMWare) where the MTRR's are set up > > incorrectly or not at all This warning was last seen in version > > 2.6.28, and first seen in 2.6.24. More info: > > http://www.kerneloops.org/searchweek.php?search=mtrr_trim_uncached_memory > > It would be useful if this warning dumped out some DMI BIOS > information or something, so we could see what systems/boards this > was commonly happening with.. yes it would; this is why Linus merged a patch to do exactly that for 2.6.29.......... -- Arjan van de Ven Intel Open Source Technology Centre For development, discussion and tips for power savings, visit http://www.lesswatts.org