[Xen-devel] [PATCH] x86: correct public header's documentation of PAT MSR settings

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

The first (PAT6) column was wrong across the board, and the column for
PAT7 was missing altogether.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

--- a/xen/include/public/xen.h
+++ b/xen/include/public/xen.h
@@ -277,15 +277,15 @@ DEFINE_XEN_GUEST_HANDLE(xen_ulong_t);
  *  refer to Intel SDM 10.12. The PAT allows to set the caching attributes of
  *  pages instead of using MTRRs.
  *
- *  The PAT MSR is as follow (it is a 64-bit value, each entry is 8 bits):
- *             PAT4                 PAT0
- *   +---+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
- *    WC | WC | WB | UC | UC- | WC | WB |  <= Linux
- *   +---+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
- *    WC | WT | WB | UC | UC- | WT | WB |  <= BIOS (default when machine boots)
- *   +---+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
- *    WC | WP | WC | UC | UC- | WT | WB |  <= Xen
- *   +---+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
+ *  The PAT MSR is as follows (it is a 64-bit value, each entry is 8 bits):
+ *                    PAT4                 PAT0
+ *  +-----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
+ *  | UC  | UC- | WC | WB | UC | UC- | WC | WB |  <= Linux
+ *  +-----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
+ *  | UC  | UC- | WT | WB | UC | UC- | WT | WB |  <= BIOS (default when 
machine boots)
+ *  +-----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
+ *  | rsv | rsv | WP | WC | UC | UC- | WT | WB |  <= Xen
+ *  +-----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
  *
  *  The lookup of this index table translates to looking up
  *  Bit 7, Bit 4, and Bit 3 of val entry:

Attachment: x86-PAT-doc.patch
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