Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 07 Nov 2001 11:43:08 -0600 | From | Lost Logic <> | Subject | Re: Athlon Bug Stomper Success Reports for 2.4.14 |
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Now by athlon optimizations, you just mean setting "Processor Type" to Athlon/Duron/K7, right? if that is the case, my athlon 1.0ghz worked as of kernel 2.4.9 on an Epox 8kta+.
--Brandon
Maxwell Spangler wrote:
>My Athlon Thunderbird has been happily compiling kernels for over 24 hours >straight using 2.4.14 with an Athlon-optimized kernel. It could not do this >in many past kernels and I believe the code snippet offered in September is >working nicely. There was a long thread about this back then, but I haven't >seen any Athlon problem reports between that time and now. For the lurkers on >the list, and the benefit of archives, could we please record a few successes? > >If you are using an Athlon with 2.4.14 and you previously had problems but now >have stability with an Athlon optimized, kernel, please respond. (Just a few >people, please.) > >Oh, hardware is Tyan Trinity KT-A (S2390B) with Athlon Thunderbird 1.2Ghz, >512M Crucial PC133 Cas2 RAM, many drives..etc. > >My sincere appreciation and thanks to all that were involved in tracking this >down and making the fix possible. > >/* > * Nobody seems to know what this does. Damn. > * > * But it does seem to fix some unspecified problem > * with 'movntq' copies on Athlons. > * > * VIA 8363 chipset: > * - bit 7 at offset 0x55: Debug (RW) > */ >static void __init pci_fixup_via_athlon_bug(struct pci_dev *d) >{ > u8 v; > pci_read_config_byte(d, 0x55, &v); > if (v & 0x80) { > printk("Trying to stomp on Athlon bug...\n"); > v &= 0x7f; /* clear bit 55.7 */ > pci_write_config_byte(d, 0x55, v); > } >} > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Maxwell Spangler >Program Writer >Greenbelt, Maryland, U.S.A. >Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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