Re: 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64

[Linus Torvalds]

On Thu, 17 May 2007, Christian wrote:

> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Can you check? The Nehemian (C3-2) should be model 9 or greater.
> 
> Yes, it's a Nehemiah

Ok. If so, we should blacklist both MCYRIXIII and MVIAC3_2, I suspect.

> lola:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo
> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 sep mtrr pge cmov pat mmx fxsr sse rng rng_en ace ace_en

However, it does seem to *claim* to support "cx8" aka cmpxchg8b. What's up 
with that?

		Linus
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