Re: Athlon: Try this (was: Re: Athlon bug stomping #2)

[brian@worldcontrol.com]

I just tried the 'Athlon Bug stomper #2 bit 7 patch version 1' on a 2nd
matchine, 900 MHz Duron system with an Epox 8KTA3+ MB, and it too
is now running fine with an Athlon optimized kernel, when before it
would oops to death on boot.

Shall I keep posting success reports or are people convinced this
fix works?

> > > On 13 Sep 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > > > Anyone want to generate a kernel patch so this fix can get some wider
> > > > testing?
> 
> > On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Roberto Jung Drebes wrote:
> > > I'll try to isolate the single bit in the register that is causing the
> > > fault and will send the diff.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 14, 2001 at 05:27:49AM -0300, Roberto Jung Drebes wrote:
> > I tested here and it seems that bit 7 is responsible. Here is the diff to
> > pci-pc.c:
> 
On Sat, Sep 15, 2001 at 12:15:30AM -0700, brian@worldcontrol.com wrote:
> I just tried the patch and for the first time I've been able to
> successfully boot and run a 2.4 kernel with Athlon optimizations.
> ...
> The machine that has been successful, and the only one I tried, is an
> 800 MHz Duron system with an Epox 8KTA3+ MB which is now running fine
> with linux 2.4.9ac10 + the Athlon Bug stomper #2 bit 7 patch version 1.


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