From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:39:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:39:28 -0400 Received: from ns.suse.de ([213.95.15.193]:42765 "HELO Cantor.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Wed, 24 Apr 2002 07:39:28 -0400 Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 13:39:27 +0200 From: Dave Jones To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: BUG: 2.4.19-pre6aa1 (i586) ? Message-ID: <20020424133927.C14343@suse.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020423092731.GA6327@smart.cobolt.net> <20020423150709.A4982@dualathlon.random> <20020424085458.GC9292@smart.cobolt.net> <20020424132505.M29841@suse.de> <20020424113249.GA30841@smart.cobolt.net> 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 On Wed, Apr 24, 2002 at 01:32:49PM +0200, Dennis Schoen wrote: > > > opel:~# ./ewbe > > > HWCR= 2 > > > Current EWBE mode is strong ordering > > > > Bah, told you it was a long shot. Oh well.. > Hhm, could you (or someone else) explain me what that output means? It's a decoded version of one of the CPU registers that describes the ordering model of the memory. The K6-2 / K6-3 have iirc 3 different settings here, weak, notsoweak, strong. Weak ordering is faster, but may show up strange bugs. Which after Andrea pointed out that the function in the oops was unlikely to erm, oops, I got wondering if perhaps your BIOS had programmed it too aggressively. But, this was just a random thought that didn't prove right, so back to the drawing board.. 8-) -- | Dave Jones. http://www.codemonkey.org.uk | SuSE Labs