Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 20 Mar 2002 15:31:50 -0800 | From | "Tom Epperly" <> | Subject | Re: Bad Illegal instruction traps on dual-Xeon (p4) Linux Dell box |
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>I initiated a support call with Dell at around 3:30pm PST on Friday >>15-Mar-2002, and all the feedback I've received from this so far shows >>that they are clueless. They are trying to portray this as a Linux >>problem. >> > >Well to be honest they aren't the only ones who are totally baffled by it. >Do you have the current microcode updates in your BIOS or via the ucode >driver ? > One box, tux06, has the latest Dell BIOS, A05. I don't know how to determine if it has the latest microcode updates. Where can one get the current microcode updates, and how do I install it?
> > >Do all the problem boxes have the same stepping of CPU ? > According to cat /proc/cpuinfo, two boxes tux06 & tux34 have stepping 10, and tux47 has stepping 2. I have seen the unexplained "Illegal instruction" messages on tux34 and tux47, but I haven't run the modified kernel on them. root access is restricted here.
Tom
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