From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267630AbUHJRRI (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:17:08 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S267627AbUHJRLS (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:11:18 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:38537 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S267567AbUHJRK2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:10:28 -0400 Subject: Re: [patch] voluntary-preempt-2.6.8-rc3-O4 From: Lee Revell To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Florian Schmidt , linux-kernel , Felipe Alfaro Solana In-Reply-To: <20040810085849.GC26081@elte.hu> References: <20040726083537.GA24948@elte.hu> <1090832436.6936.105.camel@mindpipe> <20040726124059.GA14005@elte.hu> <20040726204720.GA26561@elte.hu> <20040729222657.GA10449@elte.hu> <20040801193043.GA20277@elte.hu> <20040809104649.GA13299@elte.hu> <20040809130558.GA17725@elte.hu> <20040809190201.64dab6ea@mango.fruits.de> <1092103522.761.2.camel@mindpipe> <20040810085849.GC26081@elte.hu> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1092157841.3290.3.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 13:10:42 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 04:58, Ingo Molnar wrote: > another idea: you are running this on a C3, using CONFIG_MCYRIXIII, > correct? That is one of the rare configs that triggers X86_USE_3DNOW and > MMX ops. If 3dnow is in any way handicapped in that CPU then that could > cause trouble. Could you compile for e.g. CONFIG_M586TSC? [that option > should be fully compatible with a C3.] - this will exclude the MMX page > clearing ops. > OK, with CONFIG_M586TSC, I am getting a lot of lockups. A few happened during normal desktop use, and it locks up hard when starting jackd. Could this have anything to do with the ALSA drivers (which I am compiling seperately from ALSA cvs) detecting my build system as i686? I have read that the C3 is more like a 486 (with MMX & 3DNow) than a 686. Lee