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Date:      Fri, 29 Nov 2002 11:20:04 -0500
From:      Michael Joyner <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx>
To:        Olaf Erb <olaf.erb@secnetix.de>
Cc:        freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: vmware2 and simd problem
Message-ID:  <1038586804.3de793b42a721@imp.hq.dyns.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20021129111925.A74886@erb.nu>
References:  <20021129111925.A74886@erb.nu>

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Erm...

but i use SSE instructions (transcode & mencoder/mplayer)!

Quoting Olaf Erb <olaf.erb@secnetix.de>:

> Hi,
> 
> I searched the freebsd mailing list archives because I had the same
> problem with my athlon machine.. no more win2k nor newer linux under 
> vmware2.. 
> 
> Well.. till last night :) I rebooted, looked into the system BIOS
> of the Epox 8k3a (XP 2000) and - there was it:  option 'enable SSE' 
> I turned it off and voila - win2k works again, no more bluescreens.
> 
> Be sure not to turn on CPU_ATHLON_SSE_HACK in your kernel config file
> (overrides
> BIOS config). Disabling CPU_ENABLE_SSE didn't help, I tried this months
> before, btw.
> 
> I'm not subscribed to -emulation, it would be nice if you forward this 
> solution to the list. I don't know if it works with other athlon boards.
> 
> Olaf
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