Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 7 Dec 1996 23:04:04 +0200 (EET) | From | Tuomas Heino <> | Subject | Re: Linux and 6x86 |
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On 7 Dec 1996, Joel N. Squire wrote:
> "Yakko J. Warner" <yakko@village.ios.com> writes: > > > B. James Phillippe wrote this: > > > > > I think that 2.1.5+ is looking best so far. From experience, I've > > >had wonderful results with everything past 2.1.5 (my only complaint is > > >that masquerading is broked past 2.1.9, so I can't run [test] those > > >kernels 'cause I need masquerading). Use Mike Jagdis' Definitive Cyrix > > >Patch #3, it works very well. I have a Cx6x86 P150+ Step 1 rev 7 chip on > > >a Tyan Titan III. > > > > i tried the cyrix patch #3, and it patched in mostly clean (had to manually > > patch linux/arch/i386/defconfig), and compiled cleanly. i was able to make > > modules, and all that (this is 2.1.14, btw). on booting this new kernel, > > however, the machine hangs when VFS goes to mount / as read-only. tried > > commenting out the SUSP_HLT part in head.S- no change.. so, i backed the > > changes out.. > > Interesting, mine hangs in the same spot. Disabling VSPM got it > working again. FWIW, I've been using the SUSP_HLT bit for months with > no problems. > > I've got a Rev 1.5 chip. > My friend's one reboots right after vga mode selection & one or two lines of text... (too fast to see) It's a 1.6 according to proc/cpuinfo... (I mean it reboots if VSPM is enabled...)
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