Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 17 May 2007 15:14:19 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64 |
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Andi Kleen wrote: >> >> The C3s all have cx8, but it needs to be enabled in an MSR first. >> (See arch/i386/kernel/cpu/centaur.c , search for CX8) > > Sigh. I wonder what genius at VIA came up with that setup. >
It's very simple, actually. We had to do something similar at Transmeta, because Windows NT 4 was very fond of assuming that certain features meant certain *other* features were enabled, or would just plain crash if it saw a combination that confused it.
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