Re: test11-pre5, Athlon, and Machine Check Architecture

2000-11-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:[EMAIL PROTECTED] In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > > > However, since at least AMD Athlon actually advertises MCA, I would > > like to verify that the code works on these processors before > > submitting it to Linus. > > The Athlon MCA is basical

Re: test11-pre5, Athlon, and Machine Check Architecture

2000-11-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> By author:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rogier Wolff) In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > crash; I don't expect anyone to actually see an #MF exception in real > > life. I'm trying to get confirmation from AMD that the code should > > be correct

Re: test11-pre5, Athlon, and Machine Check Architecture

2000-11-15 Thread Rogier Wolff
H. Peter Anvin wrote: > crash; I don't expect anyone to actually see an #MF exception in real > life. I'm trying to get confirmation from AMD that the code should > be correct even for Athlon. Peter, Would it be an idea to invite people to lower the voltage on their CPUs a bit, to try and tri

Re: test11-pre5, Athlon, and Machine Check Architecture

2000-11-15 Thread davej
> However, since at least AMD Athlon actually advertises MCA, I would > like to verify that the code works on these processors before > submitting it to Linus. The Athlon MCA is basically the same architecture-wise as Pentium Pro/II But there are some differences.. Until AMD make document 21656

test11-pre5, Athlon, and Machine Check Architecture

2000-11-15 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Hi friends, I noticed a slight bug in my CPUID 2.4.0-test11-pre5, and when I unwound it, found some interesting things. This relates to the Machine Check Architecture code (bluesmoke.c), which in the previous code was conditionalized on running on an Intel CPU. It appears that that shouldn't be