Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [patch 2.4 1/2] backport 2.6 x86 cpu capabilities | From | Albert Cahalan <> | Date | 10 Aug 2003 19:59:03 -0400 |
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Mikael Pettersson writes:
> 2.4.21-rc1 with NCAPINTS==6 hangs at boot in the local > APIC timer calibration step; before that it detected a > 0MHz bus clock and the local APIC NMI watchdog was stuck. > Correcting head.S:X86_VENDOR_ID fixes these problems. > > Without correcting head.S:X86_VENDOR_ID, head.S will store > the vendor id partly in the capabilities array. This breaks > both the capabilities and the vendor id. I can't say why 2.6 > works, but obviously the CPU setup code has changed since 2.4.
I may be stating the obvious, but in case not...
If Jeff Garzik missed this, others will too. I hope that a big comment gets added in both places, assuming that automatic offset generation isn't practical.
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