Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 30 Nov 2011 11:29:28 +0530 | From | "Srivatsa S. Bhat" <> | Subject | Re: 3.2-rc2 freezes on boot for AMD K6 - bisected to commit bcb80e53877c2045d9e52f4a71372c3fe6501f6f |
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On 11/30/2011 10:24 AM, Larry Finger wrote:
> I have an ancient laptop with an AMD-K6 CPU that freezes on boot with > 3.2-rc2. The problem was bisected to commit bcb80e53877c2. > > The cpuinfo for this box is: > >>> cpu.1: cpuinfo > ----- /proc/cpuinfo ----- > processor : 0 > vendor_id : AuthenticAMD > cpu family : 5 > model : 8 > model name : AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor > stepping : 12 > cpu MHz : 428.804 > cache size : 64 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 pge mmx syscall 3dnow > k6_mtrr up > bogomips : 857.60 > clflush size : 32 > cache_alignment : 32 > address sizes : 32 bits physical, 32 bits virtual > power management: > > ----- /proc/cpuinfo end ----- > > This patch is quite simple, thus it appears that rdmsr() is OK, but that > rdmsr_safe() is not. > > I am happy to provide any other info regarding this box. >
Hi Larry,
Can you please try out the patch posted in https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/28/178 ?
This patch will be available in mainline kernel from -rc4. https://lkml.org/lkml/2011/11/28/457
-- Regards, Srivatsa S. Bhat IBM Linux Technology Center
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