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List:       linux-ia64
Subject:    Re: pgprot_writecombine & shub 1.x
From:       Hugo Kohmann <hugo () dolphinics ! no>
Date:       2005-01-20 13:43:26
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.61.0501200907540.29432 () boss ! dolphinics ! no
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FYI:


X86 and X86_64 kernels rely on MTRR to enable writecombining. X86 and 
X86_64 systems supports WriteCombining using the PAT bit in the PTE, but 
this is not yet supported by Linux kernels. ( There are no PAGE_PAT bit 
defiend and the PAT MSR power on value does not include support for the WC 
attribute.) After changing the PAT MSR to enable WC, I can do:

#define _PAGE_PAT  0x80 /* for AMD64 and X86 */
  pgprot_val(vma->vm_page_prot) = pgprot_val(vma->vm_page_prot) |=  _PAGE_PAT;

to set up a user space write combine map ( using mmmap())

and

__ioremap(ioaddr, size, _PAGE_PAT);

To set up a kernel space write combine map.

I can send the code to change the PAT MSR if anybody needs it - but I 
guess this is the wrong interest group (As this only works for 
x86/x86_64)

Best regards

Hugo


On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, David Mosberger wrote:

>Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:20:21 -0800
>From: David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>
>Reply-To: davidm@hpl.hp.com
>To: Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com>
>Cc: davidm@hpl.hp.com, Jim Hull <jim.hull@hp.com>, linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org,
>    'Tony Luck' <tony.luck@intel.com>
>Subject: Re: pgprot_writecombine & shub 1.x
>
>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:16:28 -0800, Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@sgi.com> said:
>
>  Jesse> No, it still depends on pgprot_writecombined, which is ia64
>  Jesse> specific.
>
> Not exactly ia64-specific, but yeah, I see x86 doesn't have it (I
> thought it did).
>
>  Jesse> x86 has its own way to set the wc bit and afaik doesn't have
>  Jesse> the same aliasing issues that ia64 has.
>
> In my opinion, an EFI-based system should respect the
> attribute-restrictions specified in the memory-map.
>
> 	--david
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