Re: 2.1.63 - testing Pentium bug workaround..

Frank Sweetser (rasmusin@WPI.EDU)
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:54:51 -0500


==> Regarding Re: 2.1.63 - testing Pentium bug workaround..; Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com> adds:

torvalds> Talking about needing to know - if anybody is interested in a
torvalds> pre-2.0.32 that has the Pentium lockup fix, I just made
torvalds> pre-patch-2.0.32-3 available on ftp.kernel.org. NOTE NOTE
torvalds> NOTE!!!! This is just a back-port of the 2.1.x version, and I
torvalds> have not tested it myself due to my lack of Pentiums to test
torvalds> with. It does compile, but that's all I can say..

:-(

gets a few lines past 'calibrating delay loop', then reboots the
machine....

intel p150, /proc/cpuinfo

processor : 0
cpu : 586
model : Pentium 75+
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : 12
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : yes
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8
bogomips : 59.80

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