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DateMon, 9 Mar 1998 12:26:24 +0100
FromPavel Machek <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] Cyrix setup
Hi!

> > Besides, what if someone wanted to CHANGE those options?  They would have
> > to re-compile their kernel every time.  It's so much more convenient to
> > have the initializations in a user-space program.
> 
> I  would agree with this except for one thing ... the halt-on-idle should
> be set if a 6x86 is detected should be the default behavior.  The reson
> for this is that I have seen initial Linux installations fail because the
> CPU overheated before it could be completed and the rc.cyrix installed
> and run.  This seems to happen most in the summer time ;)

Sorry, but if that computer is able to overheat before booting, it
probably means that it is unusable, anyway. What will it do on kernel
compile?

									Pavel
-- 
I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. 	   Pavel
Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).

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