Re: Thinkpad 755CX & 2.4: Machine Check Exception

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 05 2001 - 19:27:28 EST


> I've got a Thinkpad 755CX (75MHz Pentium classic with the f00f bug). I've
> been unable to boot any 2.4 kernels, even though 2.2 seems to run fine, and
> burnP5 doesn't seem to produce any ill effects.

2.4.10acX should be fine. The problem is that many pentium class boxes the
vendors didnt correctly wire the mce handling. The 2.4.10-ac tree defaults
to mce off for P5 boxes. (Or boot with "nomce" for older 2.4)
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