Re: 2.1.63 - testing Pentium bug workaround

mb@ichabod.han.de
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 18:51:40 +0100 (MET)

You (Troels Arvin) wrote:
> When syslogd/klogd is not running, the bug cannot be reproduced.
>
> If I'm running X, everything locks up.
> If I'm not running X, the system also stops working after displaying
> [...]
>
> Kernel compiled with egcs-2.90.14p 971023 (I know that I should be

Can't confirm that. 2.1.63 is working here for over two hours,
all of the time a 'while :;do ./crash;sleep 1;done' running,
with X, bonnie, xemacs, netscape etc.; doesn't matter, it's up.

/proc/cpuinfo:
processor : 0
cpu : 586
model : Pentium 75+
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : 12
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
pentium_f00f_bug : yes
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : yes
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8
bogomips : 66.36

/proc/version:
Linux version 2.1.63 (src@ezra) (gcc version egcs-2.90.14p 971023 \
(gcc2-970802 experimental)) #21 Thu Nov 13 16:16:48 MET 1997

No glibc, sysklogd 1.3-3, kernel compiled with -O2 -frisc. And,
of course, the F0-bug did 'work' before. This is a P-150, clocked
to 166, 64mb.

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Michail Brzitwa            <mb@ichabod.han.de>            +49-511-343215