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

[H. Peter Anvin]

Andi Kleen wrote:
>>
>> The C3s all have cx8, but it needs to be enabled in an MSR first.
>> (See arch/i386/kernel/cpu/centaur.c , search for CX8)
> 
> Sigh. I wonder what genius at VIA came up with that setup.
> 

It's very simple, actually.  We had to do something similar at
Transmeta, because Windows NT 4 was very fond of assuming that certain
features meant certain *other* features were enabled, or would just
plain crash if it saw a combination that confused it.

	-hpa
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