From owner-freebsd-stable Sun Oct 1 14:45:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A211837B503 for ; Sun, 1 Oct 2000 14:45:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 13fqvL-000Gd7-00; Sun, 01 Oct 2000 21:45:31 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.11.0/8.11.0) id e91LlKD14491; Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:47:20 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 23:47:20 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" Cc: Bill Fumerola , BSD , stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Another 4.1-S panic (full report) Message-ID: <20001001234720.A14383@freebie.demon.nl> References: <4.3.2.20001001132645.00cae340@207.227.119.2> <20001001154131.Y38472@jade.chc-chimes.com> <4.3.2.20001001144825.00e164a0@207.227.119.2> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i 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 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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