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+ ChangeLog
+
+ Prehistory Martin Tischhäuser <martin@ikcbarka.fzk.de>
+ Initial register-setting code (from proform-1.0).
+ 19971216 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Original version for /proc/mtrr interface, SMP-safe.
+ v1.0
+ 19971217 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Bug fix for ioctls()'s.
+ Added sample code in Documentation/mtrr.txt
+ v1.1
+ 19971218 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Disallow overlapping regions.
+ 19971219 Jens Maurer <jmaurer@menuett.rhein-main.de>
+ Register-setting fixups.
+ v1.2
+ 19971222 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Fixups for kernel 2.1.75.
+ v1.3
+ 19971229 David Wragg <dpw@doc.ic.ac.uk>
+ Register-setting fixups and conformity with Intel conventions.
+ 19971229 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Cosmetic changes and wrote this ChangeLog ;-)
+ 19980106 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Fixups for kernel 2.1.78.
+ v1.4
+ 19980119 David Wragg <dpw@doc.ic.ac.uk>
+ Included passive-release enable code (elsewhere in PCI setup).
+ v1.5
+ 19980131 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Replaced global kernel lock with private spinlock.
+ v1.6
+ 19980201 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Added wait for other CPUs to complete changes.
+ v1.7
+ 19980202 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Bug fix in definition of <set_mtrr> for UP.
+ v1.8
+ 19980319 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Fixups for kernel 2.1.90.
+ 19980323 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Move SMP BIOS fixup before secondary CPUs call <calibrate_delay>
+ v1.9
+ 19980325 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Fixed test for overlapping regions: confused by adjacent regions
+ 19980326 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Added wbinvd in <set_mtrr_prepare>.
+ 19980401 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Bug fix for non-SMP compilation.
+ 19980418 David Wragg <dpw@doc.ic.ac.uk>
+ Fixed-MTRR synchronisation for SMP and use atomic operations
+ instead of spinlocks.
+ 19980418 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Differentiate different MTRR register classes for BIOS fixup.
+ v1.10
+ 19980419 David Wragg <dpw@doc.ic.ac.uk>
+ Bug fix in variable MTRR synchronisation.
+ v1.11
+ 19980419 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Fixups for kernel 2.1.97.
+ v1.12
+ 19980421 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Safer synchronisation across CPUs when changing MTRRs.
+ v1.13
+ 19980423 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Bugfix for SMP systems without MTRR support.
+ v1.14
+ 19980427 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Trap calls to <mtrr_add> and <mtrr_del> on non-MTRR machines.
+ v1.15
+ 19980427 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Use atomic bitops for setting SMP change mask.
+ v1.16
+ 19980428 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Removed spurious diagnostic message.
+ v1.17
+ 19980429 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Moved register-setting macros into this file.
+ Moved setup code from init/main.c to i386-specific areas.
+ v1.18
+ 19980502 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Moved MTRR detection outside conditionals in <mtrr_init>.
+ v1.19
+ 19980502 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Documentation improvement: mention Pentium II and AGP.
+ v1.20
+ 19980521 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Only manipulate interrupt enable flag on local CPU.
+ Allow enclosed uncachable regions.
+ v1.21
+ 19980611 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Always define <main_lock>.
+ v1.22
+ 19980901 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Removed module support in order to tidy up code.
+ Added sanity check for <mtrr_add>/<mtrr_del> before <mtrr_init>.
+ Created addition queue for prior to SMP commence.
+ v1.23
+ 19980902 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Ported patch to kernel 2.1.120-pre3.
+ v1.24
+ 19980910 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Removed sanity checks and addition queue: Linus prefers an OOPS.
+ v1.25
+ 19981001 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Fixed harmless compiler warning in include/asm-i386/mtrr.h
+ Fixed version numbering and history for v1.23 -> v1.24.
+ v1.26
+ 19990118 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Added devfs support.
+ v1.27
+ 19990123 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Changed locking to spin with reschedule.
+ Made use of new <smp_call_function>.
+ v1.28
+ 19990201 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Extended the driver to be able to use Cyrix style ARRs.
+ 19990204 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Restructured Cyrix support.
+ v1.29
+ 19990204 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Refined ARR support: enable MAPEN in set_mtrr_prepare()
+ and disable MAPEN in set_mtrr_done().
+ 19990205 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Minor cleanups.
+ v1.30
+ 19990208 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Protect plain 6x86s (and other processors without the
+ Page Global Enable feature) against accessing CR4 in
+ set_mtrr_prepare() and set_mtrr_done().
+ 19990210 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Turned <set_mtrr_up> and <get_mtrr> into function pointers.
+ v1.31
+ 19990212 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Major rewrite of cyrix_arr_init(): do not touch ARRs,
+ leave them as the BIOS have set them up.
+ Enable usage of all 8 ARRs.
+ Avoid multiplications by 3 everywhere and other
+ code clean ups/speed ups.
+ 19990213 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Set up other Cyrix processors identical to the boot cpu.
+ Since Cyrix don't support Intel APIC, this is l'art pour l'art.
+ Weigh ARRs by size:
+ If size <= 32M is given, set up ARR# we were given.
+ If size > 32M is given, set up ARR7 only if it is free,
+ fail otherwise.
+ 19990214 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Also check for size >= 256K if we are to set up ARR7,
+ mtrr_add() returns the value it gets from set_mtrr()
+ 19990218 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Remove Cyrix "coma bug" workaround from here.
+ Moved to linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c and
+ linux/include/asm-i386/bugs.h
+ 19990228 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Added MTRRIOC_KILL_ENTRY ioctl(2)
+ Trap for counter underflow in <mtrr_file_del>.
+ Trap for 4 MiB aligned regions for PPro, stepping <= 7.
+ 19990301 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Created <get_free_region> hook.
+ 19990305 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Temporarily disable AMD support now MTRR capability flag is set.
+ v1.32
+ 19990308 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Adjust my changes (19990212-19990218) to Richard Gooch's
+ latest changes. (19990228-19990305)
+ v1.33
+ 19990309 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Fixed typo in <printk> message.
+ 19990310 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Support K6-II/III based on Alan Cox's <alan@redhat.com> patches.
+ v1.34
+ 19990511 Bart Hartgers <bart@etpmod.phys.tue.nl>
+ Support Centaur C6 MCR's.
+ 19990512 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Minor cleanups.
+ v1.35
+ 19990707 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Check whether ARR3 is protected in cyrix_get_free_region()
+ and mtrr_del(). The code won't attempt to delete or change it
+ from now on if the BIOS protected ARR3. It silently skips ARR3
+ in cyrix_get_free_region() or returns with an error code from
+ mtrr_del().
+ 19990711 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Reset some bits in the CCRs in cyrix_arr_init() to disable SMM
+ if ARR3 isn't protected. This is needed because if SMM is active
+ and ARR3 isn't protected then deleting and setting ARR3 again
+ may lock up the processor. With SMM entirely disabled, it does
+ not happen.
+ 19990812 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Rearrange switch() statements so the driver accomodates to
+ the fact that the AMD Athlon handles its MTRRs the same way
+ as Intel does.
+ 19990814 Zoltán Böszörményi <zboszor@mail.externet.hu>
+ Double check for Intel in mtrr_add()'s big switch() because
+ that revision check is only valid for Intel CPUs.
+ 19990819 Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
+ Tested Zoltan's changes on a pre production Athlon - 100%
+ success.
+ 19991008 Manfred Spraul <manfreds@colorfullife.com>
+ replaced spin_lock_reschedule() with a normal semaphore.
+ v1.36
+ 20000221 Richard Gooch <rgooch@atnf.csiro.au>
+ Compile fix if procfs and devfs not enabled.
+ Formatting changes.
+ v1.37
+ 20001109 H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
+ Use the new centralized CPU feature detects.
+
+ v1.38
+ 20010309 Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
+ Add support for Cyrix III.
+
+ v1.39
+ 20010312 Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
+ Ugh, I broke AMD support.
+ Reworked fix by Troels Walsted Hansen <troels@thule.no>
+
+ v1.40
+ 20010327 Dave Jones <davej@suse.de>
+ Adapted Cyrix III support to include VIA C3.
+
+ v2.0
+ 20020306 Patrick Mochel <mochel@osdl.org>
+ Split mtrr.c -> mtrr/*.c
+ Converted to Linux Kernel Coding Style
+ Fixed several minor nits in form
+ Moved some SMP-only functions out, so they can be used
+ for power management in the future.
+ TODO: Fix user interface cruft.