From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:00:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:00:16 -0400 Received: from [24.254.60.23] ([24.254.60.23]:34535 "EHLO femail33.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 11 Sep 2001 09:00:09 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Nicholas Knight Reply-To: tegeran@home.com To: Jonathan Morton , Roberto Jung Drebes Subject: Re: [GOLDMINE!!!] Athlon optimisation bug (was Re: Duron kernel crash) Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:59:41 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01091105594100.00173@c779218-a> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tuesday 11 September 2001 04:21 am, Jonathan Morton wrote: > >Today I updated the BIOS of my motherboard, a ABIT KT7A (VIA Apollo > > KT133A chipset). The kernel I had (2.4.9) started crashing on boot > > with an invalid page fault, usually right after starting init. I > > tryed a i686 kernel and noticed it works OK, so I recompiled my > > crashy kernel only switching the processor type and it also worked. > > changed it back to Athlon/K7/Duron and it starts crashing. > > > >Anyone else experiencing this? > > BINGO! > > This problem is known about, but this is the first report we've had > of it on a Duron (as opposed to Athlon), and you've successfully > tracked it down to the updated BIOS. > Actually we've had a couple reports on Durons on KT133A chipsets failing. We've only had a couple reports of BIOS versions making a difference though, and it was never really clear which version did what. > We need the versions of your old and new BIOSes, as accurately as you > can make it. Can someone compare the INTERNAL BIOS versions (as opposed to the external reported by the motherboard manufacturer)?