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, 2 May 2001 07:11:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 2 May 2001 07:11:25 -0400 Received: from smtp.mountain.net ([198.77.1.35]:10761 "EHLO riker.mountain.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 2 May 2001 07:11:12 -0400 Message-ID: <3AEFEB0E.1C464EA9@mountain.net> Date: Wed, 02 May 2001 07:10:06 -0400 From: Tom Leete X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.3 i486) X-Accept-Language: English/United, States, en-US, English/United, Kingdom, en-GB, English, en, French, fr, Spanish, es, Italian, it, German, de, , ru MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Seth Goldberg CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Followup to previous post: Atlon/VIA Instabilities In-Reply-To: <3AEE9EA0.3752F0C0@home.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Seth Goldberg wrote: > > Hi, > > So it seems that CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW is simply used to > enable access to the routines in mmx.c (the athlon-optimized > routines on CONFIG_K7 kernels), so then it appears that somehow > this is corrupting memory / not behaving as it should (very > technical, right?) :)... > > --Seth This is a shot in the dark. Do you have floating-point emulation on (CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y)? Tom -- The Daemons lurk and are dumb. -- Emerson