Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 1996 02:36:04 -0500 (EST) | From | Greg Patterson <> | Subject | Re: eip in 2.0.26 |
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On Tue, 26 Nov 1996, Nathan Bryant wrote:
> Hmm. I've been having some weird problems with a system. It's been giving > me OOPSes and then after that every time a process started, another OOPS, > until I hit the reset button. I saw this message, checked my > /proc/cpuinfo, and lo and behold! it's a pentium with stepping of 5.
Someone care to explain the meaning of this "stepping" entry in /proc/cpuinfo? I also have a stepping of 5 but I have not been experiencing any freeze-ups or crashes since I stopped using 2.1.x. The recent 2.0.2x-26 kernels have been very stable for me.
> Unfortunately, I missed Linus' warning about these chips. Can somebody > fill me in? Do I need to replace the chip or is there some workaround?
I guess I missed this also.
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