On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 15:18 +0200, Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs wrote:
> Ben Hutchings schrieb:
> > On Thu, 2010-04-08 at 14:26 +0200, Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs wrote:
> > > [    0.000000] WARNING: at 
> > > /build/mattems-linux-2.6_2.6.32-9-amd64-NYTFdD/linux-2.6-2.6.32-9/debian/build/source_amd64_none/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/generic.c:467
> > >  generic_get_mtrr+0xbf/0xf9()
> > > [    0.000000] Hardware name: MS-7252
> > > [    0.000000] mtrr: your BIOS has set up an incorrect mask, fixing it up.
> 
> > > are supposed to indicate a crash in the kernel.
> > It's not a crash, it's a warning about a BIOS bug.
> 
> In fact, that's what I suspected as well.
> 
> Is there any way this bios bug could cause me further trouble?

Probably not.

> > > I have included the full dmesg output below, currently running the
> > > free radeon driver + module.
> > [...]
> > Does this system work properly (aside from the above warning) when using
> > the radeon driver?
> 
> It appears to work properly.
> 
> I have been constantly running the radeon driver for 3 days only so
> far, but there are no stability or performance issues that came up in
> that period. I'm currently enjoying the increased 2D performance the
> free radeon driver offers me, especially with video playback.
> 
> Can I provide more useful information?

No, we have established that fglrx is at fault.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it makes it worse.

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