Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:47:20 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com>, BSD <bsd@shell-server.com>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another 4.1-S panic (full report) Message-ID: <20001001234720.A14383@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.20001001144825.00e164a0@207.227.119.2>; from jeff-ml@mountin.net on Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 02:56:22PM -0500 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> <20001001154131.Y38472@jade.chc-chimes.com> <4.3.2.20001001144825.00e164a0@207.227.119.2>
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On Sun, Oct 01, 2000 at 02:56:22PM -0500, Jeffrey J. Mountin wrote: > 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. Is there any reason *not* to have the F00F fix/hack in the kernel automatically when it detects a true (and buggy) Pentium? In other words, does it make sense to have this as an option? -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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