Re: [PATCH] trim memory not covered by WB MTRRs

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On 6/26/07, Andi Kleen <[email protected]> wrote:
> For the K7 and K8 cores AMD systems are exactly like Intel systems
> with respect to MTRRs (although AMD systems also have additional registers)
> For the K9 core (i.e. AMD socket F or the K8 with DDR2 support) there

It's called K8RevE, not K9

For K8 Rev F and later, if you are using TOM2, cpu will assume the mem
between 4G and TOM2 is WB.

I think rule could be:
scan the var mtrrs to find out if there is any mtrr is used for 4G
above is set to WB, if it is true, will use trimming tricks.

YH
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