From: Dave Jones <davej@codemonkey.org.uk>
To: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [CFT] Athlon testers needed.
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 18:53:11 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021120185311.GB10698@suse.de> (raw)
In some obscure documentation, I found out that recent Athlons
(model 8 stepping 1 and greater) behave better with certain MSRs
programmed slightly differently to those of earlier models.
It's likely a lot of BIOSen out there don't get this right
(Especially in the BIOS older than CPU case).
x86info[1] will be able to dump these registers (run as root
and use -m option), and mail me the results so I can confirm
my suspicions. I've a patch pending, but I'd rather get some
test data before unleashing it on unsuspecting victims.
I'm particularly interested in hearing from folks who have
been experiencing problems with model 8 and above Athlons,
earlier models are less interesting for the moment.
Dave
[1] http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/x86info/x86info-1.11.tar.gz
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2002-11-20 18:53 Dave Jones [this message]
2002-11-20 20:11 ` [CFT] Athlon testers needed erich
2002-11-21 15:13 ` Dave Jones
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2002-11-20 20:07 Petr Vandrovec
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