Re: AMD K5 with Linux

Bryn Paul Arnold Jones (bpaj@gytha.demon.co.uk)
Sun, 21 Jul 1996 01:44:42 +0100 (BST)

On 18 Jul 1996, Danny ter Haar wrote:
>
> We installed with a AMD K5 today.
> Several weird errors occured after about 15 minutes of operation:
> divide errors on several processes. (even ls)
> But after a fresh reboot it would be fine for about 10-15 minutes.
> Just like a register running over.
>

Hmm, 10-15 mins .... has it got fan, is it getting too hot ? (wind
blowing the wrong way ;)

> We "fixed" it though:
>
> We compiled a kernel wit copro support and started a kernel
> with the no387 option, thus forcing the copro emulation and the
> errors didn't return (yet).
>

Hmm, could be the copro is sensitive to the heat. Does hlt effect the
copro, or just the cpu, ie the cpu is keeping cool enough because it's
lightly loaded, and being hlt'ed (a low power consumption mode), but the
copro is running just as hot as ever. Well it's just an idea ....

Bryn

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