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Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 18:11:18 -0400
From: James A Griffin <agriffin@cpcug.org>
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To: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux and Posix compliance
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Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> 
> James A Griffin <agriffin@cpcug.org> writes:
> 
> > One thing that I have noticed for years is the boot time message "POSIX
> > conformance testing by UNIFIX".  The message appears just after the CPU
> > testing and before the PCI: Probe.  UNIFIX is a UK company, IIRC.  What
> > the results of the "conformance testing" are, I do not know.
> 
> I think (and hope) they've finally removed this output.  It never was
> true and is anyway completely outdated.
> 
The "POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX" message is still in the
kernel, see:

Linux version 2.4.7-pre5 (root@sparta.athena.inc) (gcc version 2.96
20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.1 2.96-85)) #29 Tue Jul 10 21:08:23 EDT 2001
[snip]
CPU: AMD-K5(tm) Processor stepping 04
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf04e0, last bus=0
PCI: Using configuration type 1
[snip]

May be time to send a note to Allen or Linus.

[snip discussion of formal testing and issues]

Regards,
Jim

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