Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 6 Jun 1996 02:07:36 -0400 | From | Jonathan Aseltine <> | Subject | Re: Pentium memcpy patch |
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>>>>> "Robert" == Robert L Krawitz <rlk@tiac.net> writes:
>> I'm dubious about using the pentium-memcpy patch as the author >> says he sees bit errors with the patch when operating under high >> load.
Robert> I'm the only one who's seen this happen (and I'm the author Robert> of the patch). These errors went away for a while when I Robert> sped up the memory timing (you read that right) on my Robert> motherboard, but have since returned (possibly with the Robert> onset of warmer weather). I'm starting to think that it's a Robert> thermal problem of some kind. Maybe when I run my air Robert> conditioner harder they'll go away again.
The patch still doesn't work for me. It worked fine until the pre-2 patches, but now the system just hangs here during boot:
Linux version 1.99.12 (root@cmpsci1.cs.umass.edu) (gcc version 2.7.2) #11-pre-2.0 Tue Jun 4 17:45:04 EDT 1996 Booting processor 1 stack 00002000: Calibrating delay loop.. ok - 39.94 BogoMIPS Total of 2 processors activated (79.77 BogoMIPS).
So it doesn't work for everyone. I have have 2 P-100's, Neptune chipset, EISA/PCI bus.
-- Jon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jonathan Aseltine ~ Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA ~ Natural Language Processing, CS Dept. ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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