Re: [X86] Add a boot parameter to force-enable PAT

[Rene Herman]

On 21-05-08 00:21, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Rene Herman wrote:
> > > +}
> > > +__setup("enablepat", x86_forcepat_setup);
> >
> > This should probably be called plain "pat" to mirror arch/x86/mm/pat.c 
> > "nopat" force off parameter. That by the way is an early_param which I 
> > guess this should then also be?
>
> Either that or "pat={off,on,force}" to give space for other options... 
> would mean keeping "nopat" around as an alias for now, though...

Yes, that would be nicer. As to the alias; "nopat" hasn't been in a 
released kernel yet so should be okay to do away with? It's not like 
it's in Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt or anything... ;-/

Rene.
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