Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 20:25:56 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl> To: Bjoern Fischer <bfischer@Techfak.Uni-Bielefeld.DE> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /boot/loader fails to reset AMD K6-II FPU Message-ID: <19991223202556.C1056@yedi.iaf.nl> In-Reply-To: <19991223001940.C37471@yedi.iaf.nl>; from wilko@yedi.iaf.nl on Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 12:19:42AM %2B0100 References: <19991222042320.A749@frolic.no-support.loc> <19991222204703.B833@yedi.iaf.nl> <19991222232741.A1344@frolic.no-support.loc> <19991223001940.C37471@yedi.iaf.nl>
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On Thu, Dec 23, 1999 at 12:19:42AM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 11:27:41PM +0100, Bjoern Fischer wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 22, 1999 at 08:47:03PM +0100, Wilko Bulte wrote:
> > [...]
> > > > When I reboot the system from the /boot/loader
> > > > command line (with `reboot'), the system is
> > > > being resetted, the kernel loads and starts,
> > > > and when the FPU is being initialized the kernel
> > > > traps.
> > [...]
> > > Works fine on my Asus T2P4 with the same CPU:
> > >
> > > WKB ~>dmesg | grep -i amd
> > > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (399.81-MHz 586-class CPU)
> > > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12
> > > AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!>
> > >
> > > But what date is your -stable?
> >
> > My stable is as fresh as Dec 20th (per CTM).
>
> I'll buildworld for the latest -stable (3.4-stable I guess ;-)
> and see what happens. Will take a while to do.
I'm now at 3.4-stable and things work like before: as a charm. Looks like
the BIOS problem suggested before might be the culprit.
--
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