From: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>
To: braddo@tranceaddict.net
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PAT support (or lack of) for Pentium 3 CPU's
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:14:19 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4A38355B.7000909@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20090616080904.CCA17C3A@resin11.mta.everyone.net>
On 06/16/2009 09:09 AM, Brad Allen wrote:
> It has come to my attention that PAT support has been disabled for P3 CPU's in kernel versions 2.6.30 and later due to a bug in the CPU.
>
> I have attempted to get the NVIDIA proprietary drivers working with these kernel versions and 3 different Pentium 3 motherboards, all have failed. The drivers seem to require PAT support in order to work correctly, each board has in fact produced a different error when using only MTRR.
>
> Can a kernel option be added to enable/disable PAT for P3 CPU's? Or is there any possible workaround for the bug?
>
> I'd be interested to hear from Radeon users running a 2.6.30 or later kernel.
>
> For anyone wondering why I still use such an old machine, I require ISA support.
What's the error(s) you are getting? PAT support was only added fairly
recently, so obviously the driver should not require it for operation.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-06-16 15:09 PAT support (or lack of) for Pentium 3 CPU's Brad Allen
2009-06-16 16:38 ` Alan Cox
2009-06-17 0:14 ` Robert Hancock [this message]
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