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What Does "kernel mtrr" mean...

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Subject: What Does "kernel mtrr" mean...
From: David Lloyd <lloy0076@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:21:13 +0930
Sender: owner-linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
The lines in /var/log/messages:

Jul 29 07:38:22 linux kernel: mtrr: type mismatch for dc000000,100000
old: write-back new: write-combining
Jul 29 07:38:22 linux kernel: mtrr: type mismatch for dc000000,200000
old: write-back new: write-combining
Jul 29 07:38:22 linux kernel: mtrr: type mismatch for dc000000,400000
old: write-back new: write-combining
Jul 29 07:38:22 linux kernel: mtrr: type mismatch for dc000000,800000
old: write-back new: write-combining
Jul 29 07:38:22 linux kernel: mtrr: type mismatch for dc000000,1000000
old: write-back new: write-combining

uname -a

Linux linux 2.4.2-SGI_XFS_1.0 #1 Fri Apr 27 19:30:49 CDT 2001 i686
unknown

[it's an ancient, original Athlon)

..I know, an older version and I'm not going to claim it's an XFS bug
unless I can reproduce it when(ever) I update to a much newer version
but it would be nice to know what that actually "means"...

DSL
-- 
At the end of the day you're another day older
 And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill!
 (At the End of the Day -- Les Miserables [the musical])


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