Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 09:57:00 -0700 From: Jeff Kletsky <Jeff@Wagsky.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, support@tomshardware.com Subject: FYI: page faults caused by "speculative read" Message-ID: <l03110707b20354fba9c1@[192.168.6.3]>
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While I have not had this problem with several other Pentium systems, in building 2.2.7-RELEASE from CD-ROM I recently encountered a system that would not run sysinstall without page faults. This was apparently caused by enabling "Speculative Read" in the BIOS. Abit AB-TX5 (Intel 430TX) AMD K6-233 at "normal" voltages and clock 64 MB SDRAM (10 ns) I do not know the hardware cause of this problem; the vendor I use has been very reliable and supplies better-than-average components. I have enabled speculative read on other AB-TX5-based systems (albeit all Intel Pentiums) without incident, and find the M/B to be very reliable, even at 83 MHz bus speeds. In the hopes someone else may be spared gray hairs, Jeff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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