From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 06:04:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 06:03:53 -0400 Received: from ns.roland.net ([65.112.177.35]:6416 "EHLO earth.roland.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 1 Sep 2001 06:03:44 -0400 Message-ID: <001101c132cd$cbbf7050$bb1cfa18@JimWS> From: "Jim Roland" To: "David Hollister" , "Jan Niehusmann" Cc: In-Reply-To: <20010831044247.B811@gondor.com> <3B8EFF67.9010409@digitalaudioresources.org> Subject: Re: Athlon doesn't like Athlon optimisation? Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 05:06:40 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Which kernel are you gentlemen using? I have a Athlon 1.2GHz (not overclocked), 512MB PC133, and also an EPoX 8KTA3+, and have had no problems whatsoever (using kernel 2.4.2-2). ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hollister" To: "Jan Niehusmann" Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:07 PM Subject: Re: Athlon doesn't like Athlon optimisation? > Jan Niehusmann wrote: > > I have a computer with a duron 600 which doesn't like current athlon > > optimised kernels: It runs fairly well with an old 2.4.0-test7 kernel > > (but I had some unexplained crashes during the last months), > > but crashes after a few minutes after booting 2.4.9-ac3 or 2.4.7. > > > > If I don't build the kernels for athlon, but for i386 only, the > > system seems to be stable. (Not tested for more than 20 minutes, > > but definitely longer than the athlon optimised kernel was able to run) > > > > Does anybody know these symptoms and has an idea what may be wrong? > > Is it likely to be a broken CPU? > > The board is an A7V with the infamous via chipset, but I don't think > > this looks like the typical via problems, does it? > > > > Jan > > This has apparently been a source of frustration for many an Athlon user, myself > included. I can't even get my system to finish the init process before it > oopses and locks up on me. > > It seems to work somewhat better for some if you set your BIOS to the > conservative settings, but that didn't help me. I have an Epox 8KTA3+ (Via > KT133A) w/ a 1.4GHz Athlon and 512MB memory. If you can't get it to work that > way, just stick with the K6 setting. The point is, your hardware is likely fine > (fine being relative, I suppose) > If there are other tricks, I'm all ears. > > -- > David Hollister > Driversoft Engineering: http://devicedrivers.com > Digital Audio Resources: http://digitalaudioresources.org > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >