From: Jan Niehusmann <jan@gondor.com>
To: Liakakis Kostas <kostas@skiathos.physics.auth.gr>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply.
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 16:55:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010919165503.A16359@gondor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010919154701.A7381@stud.ntnu.no> <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109191707260.23205-100000@skiathos.physics.auth.gr>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0109191707260.23205-100000@skiathos.physics.auth.gr>
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 05:31:36PM +0300, Liakakis Kostas wrote:
> It seems to fix the stability problem. We don;t know why, but
> experimetation shows that those _with_ the problem are relieved. This is
> fine! We are happy with it.
>
> We write to a register marked as "don't write" by Via. This is potentialy
> dangerous in ways we don't know yet.
Additionally, look at who tested the 'fix' up to now: Probably only
people who had a problem before. And for all of them, the problem got
fixed. But do we know what happens if we use this 'fix' on a computer
that is not broken? No. Perhaps it breaks when we apply the 'fix'?
OTOH, I think there are only two ways to find out: Either we put the
'fix' into a mainline kernel (linux -pre kernel or -ac kernel should
be enough) as a default and look if somebody starts complaining, or
we convince VIA to tell us what the register in question really does.
Jan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-09-19 14:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 62+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-09-18 14:51 [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply VDA
2001-09-18 15:43 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-20 4:56 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-09-18 17:45 ` Jeff Garzik
2001-09-18 21:39 ` Liakakis Kostas
2001-09-19 13:08 ` Re[2]: " VDA
2001-09-19 13:41 ` Liakakis Kostas
2001-09-19 13:47 ` Thomas Langås
2001-09-19 14:31 ` Liakakis Kostas
2001-09-19 14:43 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2001-09-19 14:55 ` Jan Niehusmann [this message]
2001-09-19 14:57 ` Re[2]: " Liakakis Kostas
2001-09-19 18:12 ` Alan Cox
2001-09-19 21:18 ` Re[2]: [PATCH] VIA " Aaron Tiensivu
2001-09-19 23:04 ` Roberto Jung Drebes
2001-09-19 23:41 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-09-19 16:00 ` Re[2]: [PATCH] Athlon " Linus Torvalds
2001-09-19 17:15 ` safemode
2001-09-19 18:22 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2001-09-19 23:41 ` Re[2]: " Nicholas Knight
2001-09-20 15:10 ` Marek Mentel
2001-09-19 18:43 ` Dan Hollis
2001-09-19 18:55 ` Arjan van de Ven
2001-09-19 19:00 ` Roberto Jung Drebes
2001-09-19 19:17 ` Arjan van de Ven
2001-09-19 20:16 ` Dan Hollis
2001-09-19 19:50 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-09-19 20:01 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-09-19 20:40 ` Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2001-09-19 21:43 ` safemode
2001-09-19 22:22 ` Brad Pepers
2001-09-19 22:28 ` Erno Kuusela
2001-09-19 20:36 ` Simen Thoresen
2001-09-19 20:37 ` Dan Hollis
2001-09-19 20:51 ` Simen Thoresen
2001-09-19 23:00 ` Roberto Jung Drebes
2001-09-19 20:36 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-09-19 20:57 ` Dan Hollis
2001-09-19 21:29 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2001-09-19 23:23 ` Luigi Genoni
2001-09-20 9:03 ` VDA
2001-09-19 18:58 ` Re[2]: " Roberto Jung Drebes
2001-09-19 20:35 ` Athlon bug stomper: perf. results brian
2001-09-19 20:30 ` Dan Hollis
2001-09-19 22:14 ` brian
2001-09-19 22:08 ` Dan Hollis
2001-09-21 0:46 ` Re[2]: [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply Pavel Machek
2001-09-20 0:19 ` Nicholas Knight
2001-09-20 1:27 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2001-09-20 9:54 ` Re[2]: " Liakakis Kostas
2001-09-19 23:04 ` Luigi Genoni
2001-09-19 14:05 ` Tom Diehl
2001-09-23 23:33 ` Jan Niehusmann
2001-09-24 15:44 ` bill davidsen
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-09-19 16:59 Re[2]: " Petr Vandrovec
2001-09-19 15:03 ` Liakakis Kostas
2001-09-19 15:14 ` Gergely Tamas
2001-09-19 23:08 ` Luigi Genoni
2001-09-19 23:07 ` Luigi Genoni
2001-09-20 6:57 ` john slee
2001-09-21 15:49 ` Gábor Lénárt
2001-09-19 20:57 Petr Vandrovec
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