Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sun, 23 Jun 1996 05:25:57 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kevin M Bealer <> | Subject | Re: Reproducible Oops's at startup |
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On Sun, 23 Jun 1996, Andrew E. Mileski wrote:
> > I have found a reproducible bug. > > When I boot with a 2.0.0 kernel I get a few (eight) Oops's during startup. > > > > I'm running Debian 1.1 on a Cyrix 6x86 150+ (120 mhz) and a > > !!EVERYONE!! A suggestion: Add the processor type compiled for and > detected to the boot messages. > > Response to 'bug': Did you compile for a 386? Compiling for a 486 > may work(??), but Pentium won't (Cyrix M1 != Pentium). > > -- > Andrew E. Mileski > mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net My home page http://www.redhat.com/~aem/ > Linux Plug-and-Play Project Leader. See URL http://www.redhat.com/pnp/ > > Red Hat Software sponsors these pages - I have no other affilitation > with Red Hat Software, and I have never used any of their products.
Exactly what do you mean by detected? Is there detection in the kernel messages or are they just "this-was-compiled-for-a"... I know you can set what to compile for, but what is the authority on detecting CPU type?
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