Messages in this thread |  | | From | Nicholas Knight <> | Subject | Re: [GOLDMINE!!!] Athlon optimisation bug (was Re: Duron kernel crash) | Date | Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:59:41 -0700 |
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On Tuesday 11 September 2001 04:21 am, Jonathan Morton wrote: > >Today I updated the BIOS of my motherboard, a ABIT KT7A (VIA Apollo > > KT133A chipset). The kernel I had (2.4.9) started crashing on boot > > with an invalid page fault, usually right after starting init. I > > tryed a i686 kernel and noticed it works OK, so I recompiled my > > crashy kernel only switching the processor type and it also worked. > > changed it back to Athlon/K7/Duron and it starts crashing. > > > >Anyone else experiencing this? > > BINGO! > > This problem is known about, but this is the first report we've had > of it on a Duron (as opposed to Athlon), and you've successfully > tracked it down to the updated BIOS. >
Actually we've had a couple reports on Durons on KT133A chipsets failing. We've only had a couple reports of BIOS versions making a difference though, and it was never really clear which version did what.
> We need the versions of your old and new BIOSes, as accurately as you > can make it.
Can someone compare the INTERNAL BIOS versions (as opposed to the external reported by the motherboard manufacturer)? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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