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SubjectRe: Strange kernel error about Pentium Pro bug??
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Leonard N. Zubkoff wrote:
>
> Date: Mon, 14 Jul 1997 17:42:55 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Greg Patterson <gomer@gomer.mlink.net>
>
> > Anybody know what this means? We are using SMP with PPro
> > processors...
> >
> > Ignoring P6 Local APIC Spurious Interrupt Bug...
>
> How about taking this printk() out of the source tree for 2.1.x if not
> already done?
>
> I sent a patch in to do precisely that on 9-May-97... it was ignored.

As far as I know, Linus' point of view is that this "feature" is a
bug. Just to let those that have the bug know, it is printed. Feel
free to ignore the message every time you see it, or to remove the
printk if it annoys you.

If Linux works around these bugs without any verbosity, there is no
drive for anyone to fix it. You had to add "-f no-unroll-loops" to
your compile flags until gcc got fixed. Linus wants to make a
difference in this manner, and he is succeeding.

Roger.


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