Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:54:51 -0500 | From | Frank Sweetser <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.63 - testing Pentium bug workaround.. |
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==> Regarding Re: 2.1.63 - testing Pentium bug workaround..; Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> adds:
torvalds> Talking about needing to know - if anybody is interested in a torvalds> pre-2.0.32 that has the Pentium lockup fix, I just made torvalds> pre-patch-2.0.32-3 available on ftp.kernel.org. NOTE NOTE torvalds> NOTE!!!! This is just a back-port of the 2.1.x version, and I torvalds> have not tested it myself due to my lack of Pentiums to test torvalds> with. It does compile, but that's all I can say..
:-(
gets a few lines past 'calibrating delay loop', then reboots the machine....
intel p150, /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0 cpu : 586 model : Pentium 75+ vendor_id : GenuineIntel stepping : 12 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid : yes wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 bogomips : 59.80
-- Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available paramount.res.wpi.net RedHat 4.9.1 Linux 2.0.32p1 i586 | at public servers > No manual is ever necessary. May I politely interject here: BULLSHIT. That's the biggest Apple lie of all! (Discussion in comp.os.linux.misc on the intuitiveness of interfaces.)
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