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From: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" <linux-os@analogic.com>
Cc: pageexec@freemail.hu, "Willy Tarreau" <w@1wt.eu>,
	Riley@williams.name, davej@redhat.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] exception processing in early boot
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 19:02:20 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200608301902.20728.ak@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.61.0608301251570.13282@chaos.analogic.com>


> Even the i286 and the 8086 support hlt. Is there some Cyrix chip that
> you are trying to preserve? I think even those all implimented
> hlt as well.


According to the kernel code it's

char    hlt_works_ok;   /* Problems on some 486Dx4's and old 386's */

I don't know more details about what these problems were.

-Andi


  reply	other threads:[~2006-08-30 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-08-30  6:39 [PATCH][RFC] exception processing in early boot Willy Tarreau
2006-08-30  9:51 ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 12:18   ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-30 12:59     ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 13:16       ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-30 14:00         ` Sean
2006-08-30 13:46           ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-30 14:00           ` Sean
     [not found]       ` <44F5D81A.9650.5BE48F99@pageexec.freemail.hu>
2006-08-30 16:30         ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 16:59           ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-08-30 17:02             ` Andi Kleen [this message]
2006-08-30 17:15               ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
     [not found]           ` <44F5E818.20898.5C230A79@pageexec.freemail.hu>
2006-08-30 17:52             ` Andi Kleen
     [not found]               ` <44F5F348.1251.5C4EBCCB@pageexec.freemail.hu>
2006-08-30 18:26                 ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 19:01                   ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-30 19:36                     ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 20:03                       ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-30 20:06                         ` Andi Kleen
2006-08-30 20:40                           ` Willy Tarreau
2006-08-30 21:31                         ` Alan Cox
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-31  2:05 Chuck Ebbert

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