Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:53:36 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Phil's Kernel Account" <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix detect patch |
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On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Rafael R. Reilova wrote:
#Forget the patch! (do NOT use w/o fixing). It has several serious bugs #that in my rush I couldn't test before leaving for DAC. Andre kindly #pointed these out.
*sigh* Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.. meaning I'm gonna hafta look at it myself now. ;P
#Also, 5min after posting I discovered that the "evil" FPU coupling check #requires interupts being on to work on legacy machines. So moving #check_bugs() around in main.c isn't going to work cleanly. Arrg! Any #ideas?
Offhand, the easiest way would be to add a check for interrupts being on prior to "evil" FPU coupling check. I haven't had time to look at the patch yet, too busy.
Anybody in the Cleveland, OH area looking for Linux and/or network gurus, lemme know.. I kinda need a job NOW. *sigh*
-Phil R. Jaenke (kernel@nls.net / prj@nls.net) TheGuyInCharge(tm), Ketyra Designs - We get paid to break stuff :) Linux pkrea.ketyra.INT 2.0.33 #15 Sat Apr 18 00:40:21 EDT 1998 i586 Linux eiterra.nls.net 2.1.98 #15 Fri May 1 18:21:00 EDT 1998 i586 - Linus says for 'brave people only.' I say 'keep a backup.' - :) ! I reserve the right to bill spammers for my time and disk space !
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