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, 22 Jul 2001 13:22:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:22:12 -0400 Received: from femail21.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.0.95.146]:18572 "EHLO femail21.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:22:06 -0400 Message-ID: <3B5B088A.8C48D55D@home.com> Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 12:08:26 -0500 From: Steven Lass X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rob Turk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.[<=6] kernel has Cyrix 'coma' bug? In-Reply-To: <032701c112bb$170c2220$0101a8c0@aster> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-kernel-outgoing Rob, My CPU is a bit different than yours (sorry for not posting this with the original message). [root /root]# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : CyrixInstead cpu family : 4 model : 1 model name : MediaGX 3x Core/Bus Clock stepping : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : -1 wp : yes flags : bogomips : 59.59 I posted my .config file if anyone is interested. MTRR is not set. http://members.home.net/stevenlass1/.config.txt -steve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Turk" > Newsgroups: lists.linux.kernel > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 4:23 PM > Subject: Re: 2.4.[<=6] kernel has Cyrix 'coma' bug? > > > "Steven Lass" wrote in message > > news:cistron.3B5AD0DF.8DDC5D1E@home.com... > > > > > > dev-list, > > > > > > Every 2.4 kernel that I've tried freezes my Cyrix MediaGX system at boot > > > up. > > > > > > > For what it's worth, I use the Slackware 8.0 distribution, and have no > > trouble running 2.4.[5-7] on my Cyrix MediaGX 233 MHz. Make sure MTTR is > off > > in your configuration, this has bit me in the *ss once... > > > > Rob > > > > ====== > > CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 00808131 01818131 00000000, vendor = 1 > > Working around Cyrix MediaGX virtual DMA bugs. > > CPU: After vendor init, caps: 00808121 00818131 00000000 00000001 > > CPU: After generic, caps: 00808121 00818131 00000000 00000001 > > CPU: Common caps: 00808121 00818131 00000000 00000001 > > CPU: Cyrix MediaGXtm MMXtm Enhanced stepping 02 > > Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. > > POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX > > ======= > > robtu@pi8nos:/proc$ cat cpuinfo > > processor : 0 > > vendor_id : CyrixInstead > > cpu family : 5 > > model : 7 > > model name : Cyrix MediaGXtm MMXtm Enhanced > > stepping : 2 > > cache size : 16 KB > > fdiv_bug : no > > hlt_bug : no > > f00f_bug : no > > coma_bug : no > > fpu : yes > > fpu_exception : yes > > cpuid level : 2 > > wp : yes > > flags : fpu msr cx8 cmov mmx cxmmx > > bogomips : 76.80 > >