Messages in this thread |  | | From | Nicholas Knight <> | Subject | Re: Athlon: Try this (was: Re: Athlon bug stomping #2) | Date | Sat, 15 Sep 2001 10:44:10 -0700 |
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On Friday 14 September 2001 04:16 pm, Alan Cox wrote: > > +static void __init pci_fixup_athlon_bug(struct pci_dev *d) > > +{ > > + u8 v; > > + pci_read_config_byte(d, 0x55, &v); > > + if(v & 0x80) { > > + printk(KERN_NOTICE "Stomping on Athlon bug.\n"); > > + v &= 0x7f; /* clear bit 55.7 */ > > + pci_write_config_byte(d, 0x55, v); > > + } > > +} > > > > Well, these are cosmetic changes anyway... > > What is more important now: > > 1) Do we have people who still see Athlon bug with the patch? > > 2) Do Alan read these messages? ;-) > > Im watching the discussion with interest. If it proves to be the magic > bullet I will ask VIA for guidance on the issue
Not being a developer or guru on the internal software workings of the hardware here, I have to ask, does this clear up some bug, or does it disable the optimizations causing the problem? Is this a *fix* or a band-aid? - 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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