Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: test11-pre5, Athlon, and Machine Check Architecture | Date | 15 Nov 2000 13:32:41 -0800 |
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Followup to: <200011152114.WAA06084@cave.bitwizard.nl> By author: R.E.Wolff@BitWizard.nl (Rogier Wolff) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > crash; I don't expect anyone to actually see an #MF exception in real > > life. I'm trying to get confirmation from AMD that the code should > > be correct even for Athlon. > > Peter, > > Would it be an idea to invite people to lower the voltage on their > CPUs a bit, to try and trigger #MF's? > > (I started thinking about slowly overclocking the CPUs, to try and > trigger them, but that's not neccesary. At lower voltages, you'll also > get errors, but shouldn't risk smoking your CPU.... ) >
If they wouldn't mind, I certainly would appreciate it... but on the other hand, once you have gotten an #MF you have no guarantee of proper operation anyway... after all, the code itself could be corrupt.
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