From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 4 May 2001 15:49:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 4 May 2001 15:49:05 -0400 Received: from [64.64.109.142] ([64.64.109.142]:35082 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 4 May 2001 15:48:50 -0400 Message-ID: <3AF30781.B98EF7AF@didntduck.org> Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 15:48:17 -0400 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Seth Goldberg CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: REVISED: Experimentation with Athlon and fast_page_copy In-Reply-To: <3AF2E569.47AED98D@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, > > After removing my head from my a**, I revised the code that checks > the memory copy in the fast_page_copy routine. The machine then > proceeded > not to stop at my panic, but I got my "normal" oopses. I then had an > idea and removed all the prefetch instructions from the beginning of the > routine and tried the resultin kernel. I now have no crashes. > What could this mean? What are your "normal" oopses? -- Brian Gerst