>       when I add USE_3DNOW to the K6 section and reboot, KDE hangs when
>       I click on any button in my launch bar (vanilla KDE 2.0).  It
>       does NOT hang the system, though.  Restarting Xwindows does not
> help,

The K6 USE_3DNOW has two problems

1.      It doesnt work on a CPU with fxsave (my bug and its fixed in -ac)
2.      Its not a performance win. 

#2 doesn't matter for testing

>   [3] When I add 3DNOW to any option in [2] w/ the Athlon MMX opt,
>       the instability is evident after root is mounted and startup
>       scripts begin executing.  Sometimes the system can make it through
>       other times it cannot.

And I still have no problem reporters with non VIA chipsets....

Alan

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