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Date:      Mon, 20 Oct 2003 15:32:16 +0200
From:      Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net>
To:        Harti Brandt <brandt@fokus.fraunhofer.de>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Random signals in {build,install}world recently?
Message-ID:  <20031020133216.GN704@laptop.6bone.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20031020152755.I47918@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de>
References:  <20031020081944.GA40541@kevad.internal> <20031020102613.P47918@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de> <20031020132055.GA4653@laptop.6bone.nl> <20031020152755.I47918@beagle.fokus.fraunhofer.de>

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On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:29:04PM +0200, Harti Brandt wrote:
> MS>> I have the same MB just with 1800+ processors. I had to reduce the CPU
> MS>> frequency by about 10% in the BIOS setup to get the machine stable. I
> MS>> assume the problem is actually the memory.
> MS>
> MS>Couldn't the following be of help here?
> MS>
> MS>options         DISABLE_PSE
> MS>options         DISABLE_PG_G
> 
> Is the processor bug that these options seem to circumvent dependend on
> the actual operating frequency of the processor?

That won't surprise me, as afaik it's a timing thing.
Note that due to all vagueness around this issue I could be wrong, but
it's worth a try I guess.

Mark



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