Re: warning in arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:400 with2.6.29-rc3 on IBM x3400

[Ingo Molnar]

* Morten P.D. Stevens <mstevens@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Update:
> 
> the same issue with a linux 2.6.28.4 kernel.
> 
> [    0.000000] ------------[ cut here ]------------
> [    0.000000] WARNING: at arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:404 generic_get_mtrr+0xdf/0x119()
> [    0.000000] mtrr: your BIOS has set up an incorrect mask, fixing it up.

buggy BIOS most likely. Had the kernel not fixed up the MTRRs you'd have
a very slow and unhappy system now.

	Ingo
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