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author | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
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committer | André Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu> | 2016-09-11 04:34:46 -0300 |
commit | 863981e96738983919de841ec669e157e6bdaeb0 (patch) | |
tree | d6d89a12e7eb8017837c057935a2271290907f76 /Documentation/x86/pat.txt | |
parent | 8dec7c70575785729a6a9e6719a955e9c545bcab (diff) |
Linux-libre 4.7.1-gnupck-4.7.1-gnu
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diff --git a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt index 54944c71b..2a4ee6302 100644 --- a/Documentation/x86/pat.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/pat.txt @@ -196,3 +196,35 @@ Another, more verbose way of getting PAT related debug messages is with "debugpat" boot parameter. With this parameter, various debug messages are printed to dmesg log. +PAT Initialization +------------------ + +The following table describes how PAT is initialized under various +configurations. The PAT MSR must be updated by Linux in order to support WC +and WT attributes. Otherwise, the PAT MSR has the value programmed in it +by the firmware. Note, Xen enables WC attribute in the PAT MSR for guests. + + MTRR PAT Call Sequence PAT State PAT MSR + ========================================================= + E E MTRR -> PAT init Enabled OS + E D MTRR -> PAT init Disabled - + D E MTRR -> PAT disable Disabled BIOS + D D MTRR -> PAT disable Disabled - + - np/E PAT -> PAT disable Disabled BIOS + - np/D PAT -> PAT disable Disabled - + E !P/E MTRR -> PAT init Disabled BIOS + D !P/E MTRR -> PAT disable Disabled BIOS + !M !P/E MTRR stub -> PAT disable Disabled BIOS + + Legend + ------------------------------------------------ + E Feature enabled in CPU + D Feature disabled/unsupported in CPU + np "nopat" boot option specified + !P CONFIG_X86_PAT option unset + !M CONFIG_MTRR option unset + Enabled PAT state set to enabled + Disabled PAT state set to disabled + OS PAT initializes PAT MSR with OS setting + BIOS PAT keeps PAT MSR with BIOS setting + |