Re: incorrect 'buggy K6' warning

Aaron Tiensivu (tiensivu@pilot.msu.edu)
Sat, 15 Nov 1997 17:55:36 -0500


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

There isn't a decent way to detect a 'good' and 'bad' one. AMD really really
should have bumped up the stepping mask on the fixed chips and we wouldn't have
these annoying false warnings.

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