Messages in this thread |  | | From | John Alvord <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Athlon bug stomper. Pls apply. | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:49:24 -0700 |
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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 15:13:55 -0700 (PDT), Dan Hollis <goemon@anime.net> wrote:
>On 19 Sep 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote: >> Of course VIA looking at what they have done and what that bit is >> supposed to be is easiest as they have the schemantics of those >> chips. But there is not reason to be limited to just that approach. > >Testing it is ok, its rolling the "patch" into production kernels that im >most concerned about. > >What happens if the bit happens to fiddle with motherboard voltages and >you end up destroying peoples hardware... > >Until we have a straight answer what the hell this bit does, its a very >bad idea to put it into *production kernel*.
Of course the BIOS versions made exactly that change...
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