From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Nov 29 8:47:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C03EC37B407 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 08:47:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (external.osdn.org.ua [212.40.34.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97CC243EB2 for ; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 08:47:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (never@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gATGlETP094127; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:47:14 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: (from never@localhost) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gATGl8xo094125; Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:47:08 +0200 (EET) Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:47:07 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko To: Michael Joyner Cc: Olaf Erb , freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware2 and simd problem Message-ID: <20021129164707.GA93899@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <20021129111925.A74886@erb.nu> <1038586804.3de793b42a721@imp.hq.dyns.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1038586804.3de793b42a721@imp.hq.dyns.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, Michael Joyner! On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 11:20:04AM -0500, you wrote: > but i use SSE instructions (transcode & mencoder/mplayer)! mplayer uses runtime CPU detection mechanism. It will detect that your CPU doesn't have SSE enabled. > > 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. -- NEVE-RIPE, will build world for food Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message