Messages in this thread | | | From | Ed Tomlinson <> | Subject | Re: Fwd: Fwd: laptop / computer hardlocks during execution of 32bit applications(binaries) on 64bit system (Gentoo) | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:16:36 -0500 |
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On January 14, 2008, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Matthew <jackdachef@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > FYI, latest x86.git should have this fix included. So if your box > > > still hangs there must be some other bug lurking as well. > > > > > > the fix from Roland ?: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/1/11/108 > > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-4719206.html#4719206 (+ following posts) > > > > works like a charm :) > > wine-problems should be solved, > > > > 64bit firefox & 32bit flash, 32bit firefox, 32bit thunderbird, > > realplayer work fine again without hardlocking so far (at least for > > me) > > great - thanks for following through with this, this was an important > regression to get fixed! I've added: > > Tested-by: Matthew <jackdachef@gmail.com>
Ingo,
This is _not_ a regression. This has been occuring for ages here. A backport of this fix to 2.6.23 would be a very good thing - IMHO its something that should go into stable asap.
Thanks, Ed Tomlinson
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