> > Ben, fancy writing a boot-time test? > > > I'd never rely on such a test - what if the cpu checks in 99% of the > cases, but doesn't handle some cases ('rep movd, everything unaligned, > ...'. A good point. The test results are inconclusive. > And check the Pentium III erratas. There is one with the tlb > that's only triggered if 4 instruction lie in a certain window and all > access memory in the same way of the tlb (EFLAGS incorrect if 'andl > mask,<memory_addr>' causes page fault)). Nasty, but I don't see what an obscure and impossible to work around processor bug has to do with this thread. It doesn't actually change page fault handling, does it? -- Jamie - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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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