| From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Ideas for v2.1 | Date | Tue, 11 Jun 1996 09:50:44 +0100 (BST) |
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> > Checking 386/387 coupling... Ok, fpu using exception 16 error reporting. > > Checking 'hlt' instruction... Ok. > Only if they are ALWAYS printed on ANY failure
The normal failure mode of these two is
Checking 'hlt' instruction... (Hang...)
Thus we can't not print it out
> Re-write 'update' (or eliminate it alltogether) so that it can be APM aware for > laptops. (I realize that this is ix86 specific).
Update no longer exists. The kernel generates the bdflush threads for you.
Alan
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