Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:30:25 +0800 (WST) | From | "J.Brown (Ender/Amigo)" <> | Subject | Re: [GOLDMINE!!!] Athlon optimisation bug (was Re: Duron kernel crash) |
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I don't have any problems with the kernel, but if I'm compiling (say) the kernel or any large program, user-mode apps like gcc, make, etc all randomly segfault on me.
I'm running a Duron 800 on a Asus A7V133 mobo - and no bios version I've tried has made a bit of difference yet :p
- Ender
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On Tue, 11 Sep 2001, Nicholas Knight wrote:
> Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 05:59:41 -0700 > From: Nicholas Knight <tegeran@home.com> > To: Jonathan Morton <chromi@cyberspace.org>, > Roberto Jung Drebes <drebes@inf.ufrgs.br> > Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: [GOLDMINE!!!] Athlon optimisation bug (was Re: Duron kernel > crash) > > 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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