Re: kernel won't boot on a Cyrix MediaGXm (Geode )

[Samuel Sieb]

Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > > The only critical tweak I found is the one that changes the 
> > > "Performance Control Incrementer" because its settings depends on the 
> > > CPU's core frequency. Maybe this tweak should be removed, because the 
> > > BIOS (hopefully) set it in a way the hardware supports.
> > This was the only line that was a problem.  See the other branch of 
> > this thread with Juergen Beisert.
>
> any patch we should pick up to make your box boot?
Are you suggesting I should make the patch or you're just asking which 
lines?  What I did to make a kernel that boots was to comment out the 
line that calls the incrementor setup function.  It sounds like the 
stepping 2 version doesn't have the problem, so if possible could you 
call the function based on it not being a stepping 1 CPU?
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