Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.4ac7 oops, locks in init on boot

2001-05-12 Thread Alan Cox
> So are you saying that given the current information available you have you > do not know how to fix the via -> Athlon stuff or am I reading too much > into this? I dont know how to fix it. Im not too sure I know how to even chase it down further. Im still curious about the way it only affects

Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.4ac7 oops, locks in init on boot

2001-05-11 Thread Tom Diehl
On Fri, 11 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > If anyone has any further suggestions/patches to run 2.4.x with K7 > > chosen optimizations, I'm open to testing. > > 'Buy an AMD chipset box..' > > Seriously at this point I am out of ideas. The prefetch to far effect > explained the old athlon locks (ste

Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.4ac7 oops, locks in init on boot

2001-05-11 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 09:03:30PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > I'm considering it, but for AGP weirdness reasons. Have the USB bugs been > > worked out? I am highly dependant on USB. > > Only one stepping of the AMD chip had the USB funnies. AMD released the info > needed to work around it and i

Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.4ac7 oops, locks in init on boot

2001-05-11 Thread Alan Cox
> I'm considering it, but for AGP weirdness reasons. Have the USB bugs been > worked out? I am highly dependant on USB. Only one stepping of the AMD chip had the USB funnies. AMD released the info needed to work around it and its now in the tree. Alan - To unsubscribe from this list: send the

Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.4ac7 oops, locks in init on boot

2001-05-11 Thread Joseph Carter
On Fri, May 11, 2001 at 08:02:22PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > If anyone has any further suggestions/patches to run 2.4.x with K7 > > chosen optimizations, I'm open to testing. > > 'Buy an AMD chipset box..' > > Seriously at this point I am out of ideas. The prefetch to far effect > explained th

Re: PROBLEM: 2.4.4ac7 oops, locks in init on boot

2001-05-11 Thread Alan Cox
> If anyone has any further suggestions/patches to run 2.4.x with K7 > chosen optimizations, I'm open to testing. 'Buy an AMD chipset box..' Seriously at this point I am out of ideas. The prefetch to far effect explained the old athlon locks (step 1) people reported on all chipsets. It didnt re

PROBLEM: 2.4.4ac7 oops, locks in init on boot

2001-05-11 Thread Gordon Sadler
The ongoing saga of newer via chipsets and AMD CPU's. Please CC replies as I'm I read here via nntp. Please see my previous PROBLEM reports for hardware info. I compiled and boot 2.4.4ac7, got as far as init. Multiple oops's scrolled off the screen before I could see them. Attached is the final