x86: handle PAT more like other CPU features
Impact: Cleanup When PAT was originally introduced, it was handled specially for a few reasons: - PAT bugs are hard to track down, so we wanted to maintain a whitelist of CPUs. - The i386 and x86-64 CPUID code was not yet unified. Both of these are now obsolete, so handle PAT like any other features, including ordinary feature blacklisting due to known bugs. Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
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@@ -50,6 +50,18 @@ static void __cpuinit early_init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
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set_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_NONSTOP_TSC);
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}
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/*
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* There is a known erratum on Pentium III and Core Solo
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* and Core Duo CPUs.
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* " Page with PAT set to WC while associated MTRR is UC
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* may consolidate to UC "
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* Because of this erratum, it is better to stick with
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* setting WC in MTRR rather than using PAT on these CPUs.
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*
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* Enable PAT WC only on P4, Core 2 or later CPUs.
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*/
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if (c->x86 == 6 && c->x86_model < 15)
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clear_cpu_cap(c, X86_FEATURE_PAT);
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}
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#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
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