Re: repost: patch for 2.1.108 LDT problems

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 22:37:17 +0100 (BST)

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> > > 2.1.108-UP + Bill Hawes LDT patch, gcc 2.7.2.1.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Next please 8)
>
> Confirm: vanilla 2.0.34, UP, AMD K6-PR2/200.
>
> Hard lockup, no NumLock, no VC switching, no response.
>
> Would it be possible to backport the relevant code from 2.1 to 2.0 so that
> it doesn't crash?

Nope, and using modify_ldt it seems you can crash 2.1.x too. Bug AMD and ask
them why they arent answering any mail or calls about this CPU bug

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