[Intrepid] SRU: Kernel panic on boot if SMP (ASUS M3A-H/HDMI

Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com
Mon Apr 27 20:51:51 UTC 2009


Stefan Bader wrote:
> Stefan Bader wrote:
>> SRU Justification:
>>
>> Impact: The BIOS is expected to clear the SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] on 
>> AMD CPUs
>> after fixed MTRRs are configured. Some BIOSes do not clear 
>> SYSCFG[MtrrFixDramModEn] on BP (and on APs), which leads to panics and 
>> freezes.
>>
>> Fix: Attached patch from upstream which is included in Jaunty and has 
>> been verified to help on Intrepid too.
>>
>> Testcase: see bug report.
>>
>>
> Actually, there is a Hardy task for that as well. So requesting SRU for both.
> 

ACK for both Hardy and Jaunty.

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Tim Gardner tim.gardner at canonical.com




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