From owner-freebsd-current Fri Aug 23 7: 3: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ACBE37B400 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:03:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from tesla.distributel.net (nat.MTL.distributel.NET [66.38.181.24]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFB9643E6E for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 07:03:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bmilekic@unixdaemons.com) Received: (from bmilekic@localhost) by tesla.distributel.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7NDxjq38388; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:59:45 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from bmilekic@unixdaemons.com) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:59:44 -0400 From: Bosko Milekic To: Martin Blapp Cc: Terry Lambert , Julian Elischer , Don Lewis , sos@freebsd.dk, marks@ripe.net, ktsin@acm.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Memory corruption in CURRENT Message-ID: <20020823095944.A38366@unixdaemons.com> References: <3D663D71.C1DBD78E@mindspring.com> <20020823155725.T50084-100000@levais.imp.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20020823155725.T50084-100000@levais.imp.ch>; from mb@imp.ch on Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 03:58:20PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Aug 23, 2002 at 03:58:20PM +0200, Martin Blapp wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > > Julian just wants a full set of tests. > > Ok, I'll build another row. > > > > > Julian: DISABLE_PG_G alone *might* fix a particular symptom on > > a particular persons' machine, but that would not be definitive, > > only anecdotal. > > Do you think this is a software or a hardware bug ? Are PIV's buggy ;-) ? All Intel chips are fairly buggy. If you don't believe it you should just take a look at the erratas on developer.intel.com - although you should know that some of this stuff may severly alter your life and, specifically, the way you go about debugging problems. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. :-) > Martin -- Bosko Milekic * bmilekic@unixdaemons.com * bmilekic@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message