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From: Thomas Gleixner
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to discrete layout v5
Date: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 3:54 pm

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, Eric W. Biederman wrote:

SMM does more than that. It emulates legacy hardware and fixes
chip(set) bugs as well. Disabling it just makes your box stop
working. There are certain types of systems where essential safety
nets rely on SMIs (you can deep-fry P4s by disabling SMIs).

Thanks,
	tglx
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Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Arjan van de Ven, (Sun Apr 27, 10:50 pm)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Sun Apr 27, 11:37 pm)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Mon Apr 28, 2:06 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Ingo Molnar, (Mon Apr 28, 6:08 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Arjan van de Ven, (Mon Apr 28, 6:49 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Mika Fischer, (Mon Apr 28, 8:28 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Gabriel C, (Mon Apr 28, 9:01 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Mika Fischer, (Mon Apr 28, 9:28 am)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Mon Apr 28, 12:44 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Ingo Molnar, (Mon Apr 28, 1:15 pm)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Mon Apr 28, 1:16 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Mon Apr 28, 1:18 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Ingo Molnar, (Mon Apr 28, 1:29 pm)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Mon Apr 28, 3:05 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Randy Dunlap, (Mon Apr 28, 3:36 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Mon Apr 28, 3:47 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Andrew Morton, (Mon Apr 28, 7:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Mon Apr 28, 8:01 pm)
[PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 2:00 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Tue Apr 29, 2:47 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 3:30 am)
[PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 3:52 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 3:56 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Ingo Molnar, (Tue Apr 29, 4:26 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Tue Apr 29, 4:51 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Ingo Molnar, (Tue Apr 29, 6:07 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 10:11 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 10:25 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Eric W. Biederman, (Tue Apr 29, 12:00 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 1:04 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Tue Apr 29, 1:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Eric W. Biederman, (Tue Apr 29, 1:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Randy Dunlap, (Tue Apr 29, 1:46 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 2:49 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 2:54 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 2:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Ingo Molnar, (Tue Apr 29, 3:09 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Eric W. Biederman, (Tue Apr 29, 3:14 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 3:18 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Thomas Gleixner, (Tue Apr 29, 3:54 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Tue Apr 29, 4:56 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Tue Apr 29, 5:06 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 5:13 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 5:38 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Tue Apr 29, 6:02 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Eric W. Biederman, (Tue Apr 29, 6:16 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 8:00 pm)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 8:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 8:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Tue Apr 29, 9:12 pm)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Tue Apr 29, 9:25 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Alan Cox, (Wed Apr 30, 2:57 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Gabriel C, (Wed Apr 30, 5:04 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Ingo Molnar, (Wed Apr 30, 5:09 am)
Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuou ..., Yinghai Lu, (Wed Apr 30, 9:26 am)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 1:00 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Gabriel C, (Thu May 1, 4:45 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Mika Fischer, (Thu May 1, 5:09 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Randy Dunlap, (Thu May 1, 8:09 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 9:35 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 9:38 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Mika Fischer, (Thu May 1, 9:59 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 10:40 am)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 11:57 am)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu May 1, 12:42 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 2:02 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu May 1, 2:10 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 2:20 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu May 1, 2:26 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 2:31 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu May 1, 2:33 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 2:44 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu May 1, 2:49 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 3:52 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., H. Peter Anvin, (Thu May 1, 3:57 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 4:10 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 5:06 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Gabriel C, (Thu May 1, 5:29 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 5:35 pm)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 5:52 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Gabriel C, (Thu May 1, 6:18 pm)
Re: [PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to ..., Yinghai Lu, (Thu May 1, 6:55 pm)
[PATCH] x86: mtrr cleanup for converting continuous to dis ..., Yinghai Lu, (Fri May 2, 2:40 am)