Re: Athlon: Try this (was: Re: Athlon bug stomping #2)

Petr Vandrovec
2001-09-16T01:47:43Z

> +static void __init pci_fixup_athlon_bug(struct pci_dev *d)
> +{
> + u8 v;
> + pci_read_config_byte(d, 0x55, &v);
> + if(v & 0x80) {
> + printk(KERN_NOTICE "Stomping on Athlon bug.\n");
> + v &= 0x7f; /* clear bit 55.7 */
> + pci_write_config_byte(d, 0x55, v);
> + }
> +}
>
> Well, these are cosmetic changes anyway...
> What is more important now:
> 1) Do we have people who still see Athlon bug with the patch?

Just by any chance - does anybody have KT133 (not KT133A)
datasheet? I just noticed at home that my KT133 has reg 55 set
to 0x89 and it happilly lives... So maybe some BIOS vendors
used KT133 instead of KT133A BIOS image?
Thanks,
Petr Vandrovec
vandrove@vc.cvut.cz