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Date:      Sun, 01 Oct 2000 14:56:22 -0500
From:      "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, BSD <bsd@shell-server.com>
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Another 4.1-S panic (full report)
Message-ID:  <4.3.2.20001001144825.00e164a0@207.227.119.2>
In-Reply-To: <20001001154131.Y38472@jade.chc-chimes.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010011401380.70294-100000@marvin.shell-server.com> <4.3.2.20001001132645.00cae340@207.227.119.2> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10010011401380.70294-100000@marvin.shell-server.com>

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At 03:41 PM 10/1/00 -0400, Bill Fumerola wrote:

>That's like saying "I turn down the scsi probe time" without having any
>scsi devices in your kernel. Every time NO_F00F_HACK is used is in conjunction
>with I586_CPU.

Perhaps then the following should be revised.

LINT:

# NO_F00F_HACK disables the hack that prevents Pentiums (and ONLY
# Pentiums) from locking up when a LOCK CMPXCHG8B instruction is
# executed.  This should be included for ALL kernels that won't run
# on a Pentium.

to:

# NO_F00F_HACK disables the hack that prevents Pentiums (and ONLY
# Pentiums) from locking up when a LOCK CMPXCHG8B instruction is
# executed.  This should be included for ALL kernels that won't run
# on a Pentium and have the "cpu I586_CPU" option.



Jeff Mountin - jeff@mountin.net
Systems/Network Administrator
FreeBSD - the power to serve



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