Re: [BUG] (regression) AMD k6-III/450 won't boot w/2.6.22-rc1

From: Randy Dunlap
Date: Wed May 16 2007 - 00:23:18 EST


On Tue, 15 May 2007 22:13:14 -0500 (CDT) Bob Tracy wrote:

> The 2.6.22-rc1 boot panics early in amd_mcheck_init() with my k6-III/450.
> It panics early enough that some of what I'm sure would be useful has
> already scrolled off the screen, and there's no scrollback buffer at
> that point. If more detail is needed, I'll have to transcribe what I
> *can* see by hand.

or use digital camera photo of screen if you have such a camera.

It's a good idea to increase the screen virtual size by decreasing
the font size if your video driver supports that.

> Here's /proc/cpuinfo on the chance it will help someone track this down:
>
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
> cpu family : 5
> model : 9
> model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor
> stepping : 1
> cpu MHz : 451.032
> cache size : 256 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow k6_mtrr
> bogomips : 902.76
> clflush size : 32


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~Randy
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