Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 18:47:07 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: Michael Joyner <mjoyner2@hq.dyns.cx> Cc: Olaf Erb <olaf.erb@secnetix.de>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vmware2 and simd problem Message-ID: <20021129164707.GA93899@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <1038586804.3de793b42a721@imp.hq.dyns.cx> References: <20021129111925.A74886@erb.nu> <1038586804.3de793b42a721@imp.hq.dyns.cx>
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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
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