Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:39:52 -0400 | From | Disconnect <> | Subject | Re: Problem with k7 optimizations in 2.4.x? |
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On the iwill mobo? (I haven't heard of this problem on other motherboards.)
I'll grab the latest -ac today and give it a try this evening.
(Just for reference, the system is the Iwill kk266, 1.2G tbird, 512M pc133, ata66 drive - everything has AMD-approved stickers and nothing is overclocked.)
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Alan Cox did have cause to say:
> > settings or what, but whenever I try to run a 2.4.x kernel on my machine > > with k7 optimizations the computer will never fully boot and seems to > > give random errors about being "unable to handle kernel NULL pointer > > dereference at virtual address xxxxxxxx" and other errors. > > I run the K7 optimisations in 2.4.x-ac built with gcc 2.96-69 or later with no > problems. I've not tested them with egcs-1.1.2. The earlier 2.4.* had problems > on later Athlons which have both fxsave and movntq/sfence. That was fixed a > while back tho > > - > 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/ --- _.-=<Disconnect>=-._ | dis@sigkill.net | And Remember... \ shawn@healthcite.com / He who controls Purple controls the Universe.. PGP Key given on Request Or at least the Purple parts!
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