From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:09:12 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:09:01 -0500 Received: from [209.250.58.160] ([209.250.58.160]:58379 "EHLO hapablap.dyn.dhs.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 14 Jan 2001 19:08:48 -0500 Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 18:08:16 -0600 From: Steven Walter To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Weird (apparently FPU-related) bugs in 2.4.0 Message-ID: <20010114180816.A18369@hapablap.dyn.dhs.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ok, this sounds weird, and it is. After running 2.4.0 for... 1 day, 18 hours straight, I've run into some strange behavior. Most noticeable is that, whem playing sounds, XMMS squeaks. However, the squeaks show up on the graphic equalizer, which means to me that it is getting bad math results. I seem to recall seeing something about an interaction between the new lazy-FPU handling (or something) and Athlons. But, this is an AMD-K6/2 system. Could the problem be on more chips than just the Athlon? It started when I configured and compiling xine. Also, whenever a squeak happens, some other weird things occur. For example, my clock applet locks solid. Anyone else experience this? Perhaps a genius out there who knows my problem, or has a lead? -- -Steven Never ask a geek why, just nod your head and slowly back away. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/