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, 7 Jan 2001 16:43:06 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:42:56 -0500 Received: from neon-gw.transmeta.com ([209.10.217.66]:39954 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 7 Jan 2001 16:42:43 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Cyrix III boot fix and bug report Date: 7 Jan 2001 13:42:27 -0800 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <93ans3$bd4$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <20010107201952.C10035@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: By author: Alan Cox In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > 3DNOW extensions for Cyrix III via rdmsr from 0x80000001. This > > fails with an exception, that is not handled and thus we oops > > on boot. > > Interesting. Ok. We can set the bit unconditionally it seems. > Does it appear in CPUID? If so, we shouldn't need to mess with this crap at all. (Could this code have been written by someone who was confused between MSR 0x80000001 and CPUID 0x80000001?) -hpa -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/