Re: Cyrix detect patch

Phil's Kernel Account (kernel@eiterra.nls.net)
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 16:53:36 -0400 (EDT)


On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Rafael R. Reilova wrote:

#Forget the patch! (do NOT use w/o fixing). It has several serious bugs
#that in my rush I couldn't test before leaving for DAC. Andre kindly
#pointed these out.

*sigh* Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat.. meaning I'm gonna hafta look at it myself
now. ;P

#Also, 5min after posting I discovered that the "evil" FPU coupling check
#requires interupts being on to work on legacy machines. So moving
#check_bugs() around in main.c isn't going to work cleanly. Arrg! Any
#ideas?

Offhand, the easiest way would be to add a check for interrupts being on
prior to "evil" FPU coupling check. I haven't had time to look at the
patch yet, too busy.

Anybody in the Cleveland, OH area looking for Linux and/or network gurus,
lemme know.. I kinda need a job NOW. *sigh*

-Phil R. Jaenke (kernel@nls.net / prj@nls.net)
TheGuyInCharge(tm), Ketyra Designs - We get paid to break stuff :)
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