On 12/27/2010 09:02 PM, Shaohua Li wrote: >> >> For x86, that is handled by the MTRRs; > does it cause any problem if the pat and mtrr doesn't match? > No, the interaction rules between PAT and MTRR are well-defined; see the SDM 3A. If they weren't we would have huge problems with SMM. -hpa -- H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html