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[PATCH] Enable write combining for server works LE rev > 6
authorLee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Sun, 1 May 2005 15:58:49 +0000 (08:58 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@ppc970.osdl.org>
Sun, 1 May 2005 15:58:49 +0000 (08:58 -0700)
Enable write combining for server works LE rev > 6 per
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0104.3/1007.html

Signed-Off-By: Lee Revell <rlrevell@joe-job.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c

index 54999e4c55fd06e9107834457f548b3c40e34346..e1c2042b9b7e0087c41818d0dad46b34e80c639f 100644 (file)
@@ -72,17 +72,21 @@ void set_mtrr_ops(struct mtrr_ops * ops)
 static int have_wrcomb(void)
 {
        struct pci_dev *dev;
+       u8 rev;
        
        if ((dev = pci_get_class(PCI_CLASS_BRIDGE_HOST << 8, NULL)) != NULL) {
-               /* ServerWorks LE chipsets have problems with write-combining 
+               /* ServerWorks LE chipsets < rev 6 have problems with write-combining
                   Don't allow it and leave room for other chipsets to be tagged */
                if (dev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_SERVERWORKS &&
                    dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_SERVERWORKS_LE) {
-                       printk(KERN_INFO "mtrr: Serverworks LE detected. Write-combining disabled.\n");
-                       pci_dev_put(dev);
-                       return 0;
+                       pci_read_config_byte(dev, PCI_CLASS_REVISION, &rev);
+                       if (rev <= 5) {
+                               printk(KERN_INFO "mtrr: Serverworks LE rev < 6 detected. Write-combining disabled.\n");
+                               pci_dev_put(dev);
+                               return 0;
+                       }
                }
-               /* Intel 450NX errata # 23. Non ascending cachline evictions to
+               /* Intel 450NX errata # 23. Non ascending cacheline evictions to
                   write combining memory may resulting in data corruption */
                if (dev->vendor == PCI_VENDOR_ID_INTEL &&
                    dev->device == PCI_DEVICE_ID_INTEL_82451NX) {