Re: [PATCH] x86/Sandy Bridge: reserve pages when integratedgraphics is present

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Nov 14 2012 - 16:13:42 EST


On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 20:43:31 +0000
Jesse Barnes <jbarnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> SNB graphics devices have a bug that prevent them from accessing certain
> memory ranges, namely anything below 1M and in the pages listed in the
> table. So reserve those at boot if set detect a SNB gfx device on the
> CPU to avoid GPU hangs.

What happens if the other addresses map to an external memory object - eg
a PCI device which is a legitimate DMA source for video overlay etc ?

I assume this is just for GPU fetches from main memory ?

Alan
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