Cyrix/mtrr fix missing from 2.4.3
The following fix was omitted from 2.4.3. It corrects a problem where the mtrr code attempts to set up a region twice as large as the user requested.
The original message appeared in linux-kernel on 14 Mar 2001.
--Bob Tracy
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From: David Wragg <[email protected]>
Date: 14 Mar 2001 22:57:21 +0000
Oops, it got broken by the MTRR >32-bit support in 2.4.0-testX. The patch below should fix it.
Joerg, I think this might well fix your Cyrix mtrr problem also.
Let me know how it goes,
Dave Wragg
arch/i386/kernel/mtrr.c +1 -1
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@* Note: shift==0xf means 4G, this is unsupported. */ if (shift) - *size = (reg <7 ?0x1UL :0x40UL ) << shift; + *size = (reg <7 ?0x1UL :0x40UL ) << (shift -1 );else *size =0 ;
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