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, 31 Aug 2001 15:43:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 15:43:38 -0400 Received: from dfw-smtpout4.email.verio.net ([129.250.36.44]:21959 "EHLO dfw-smtpout4.email.verio.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 15:43:28 -0400 Message-ID: <3B8FE8F0.A8072B7A@bigfoot.com> Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 12:43:44 -0700 From: Tim Moore Organization: Yoyodyne Propulsion Systems, Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.20p9ai i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bobby D. Bryant" CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Athlon doesn't like Athlon optimisation? In-Reply-To: <20010831044247.B811@gondor.com> <3B8EFF67.9010409@digitalaudioresources.org> <3B8FD501.CE027082@bigfoot.com> <3B8FE2D1.A0AD0B04@mail.utexas.edu> 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 "Bobby D. Bryant" wrote: > > Tim Moore wrote: > > > > It seems to work somewhat better for some if you set your BIOS to the > > > conservative settings, but that didn't help me. I have an Epox 8KTA3+ (Via > > > KT133A) w/ a 1.4GHz Athlon and 512MB memory. If you can't get it to work that > > > way, just stick with the K6 setting. The point is, your hardware is likely fine > > > (fine being relative, I suppose) > > > If there are other tricks, I'm all ears. > > > > The i686 setting works perfectly. > > For some people. I have an 8KTA3+ that will boot as an i686, but starts oopsing its > shorts off after it has been up a while. > > I posted some of the oopsen a few months ago, and to my feeble mind they all looked > memory related. (Several were "bug in slab.c" kind of thing, IIRC. I hadn't heard a case of 686 not working given the compatability between Athlon/PIII. To be clear, CONFIG_M686=y has worked perfectly with 850MHz Athlon + VT82C686. rgds, tim. --