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

[Bob Tracy]

Andi Kleen wrote:
> Hmpf.
> 
> We cold either use rdmsr_safe or add a family check again or clear it 
> in k6 setup.  I think clearing it in setup is cleanest.
> 
> Does this patch work?
> 
> -Andi
> 
> Clear MCE flag on AMD K6
> 
> It reports machine check capability in CPUID, but doesn't actually
> implement all the necessary MSRs of the standard Intel machine
> check architecture.
> 
> This fixes a boot failure recently introduced.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>

ACK.  I reinstalled Joachim's patch (default 2.6.22-rc1 state), and
added your patch.  Life is good: we have a fix/workaround.

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