Re: incorrect 'buggy K6' warning

Andrew Kieschnick (andrewk@mail.utexas.edu)
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 16:07:51 -0600 (CST)


On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, Simon's Mailing List Account wrote:

> Nov 14 15:33:01 wormhole kernel: AMD K6 stepping B detected - system stability m
> ay be impaired. Please see.
> Nov 14 15:33:01 wormhole kernel: http://www.creaweb.fr/bpc/k6bug_faq.htmlLinux v
>
> However, this is a week 32 K6, i.e. one that doesn't have the bug.

Unfortunately, theres no way for software to tell different weeks of the B
step K6's apart. Thats why the message says "may be impaired" and not "is
impaired".

later,
Andrew Kieschnick