Re: [patch] i386: early pagefault handler

[H. Peter Anvin]

Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Mer, 2006-07-05 am 09:54 -0700, ysgrifennodd Linus Torvalds:
> > Anybody with that old a CPU will have learnt to to say "no-hlt" or 
> > whatever the kernel command line is, and we could probably retire the 
> > silly old hlt check (which I'm not even sure really ever worked).
>
> The one specific case I know precisely details of was the Cyrix 5510. A
> hlt by the CPU on that chipset during an IDE DMA transfer hangs the
> system forever.
>
> Its some years since I've even seen a 5510 and that check could be
> automated anyway

I think HLT for a die loop should be safe :)

	-hpa
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