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From: "Rob Turk" <r.turk@chello.nl>
Subject: Re: 2.4.[<=6] kernel has Cyrix 'coma' bug?
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 16:23:52 +0200
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"Steven Lass" <stevenlass1@home.com> wrote in message
news:cistron.3B5AD0DF.8DDC5D1E@home.com...
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> dev-list,
>
> Every 2.4 kernel that I've tried freezes my Cyrix MediaGX system at boot
> up.
>

For what it's worth, I use the Slackware 8.0 distribution, and have no
trouble running 2.4.[5-7] on my Cyrix MediaGX 233 MHz. Make sure MTTR is off
in your configuration, this has bit me in the *ss once...

Rob

======
CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 00808131 01818131 00000000, vendor = 1
Working around Cyrix MediaGX virtual DMA bugs.
CPU: After vendor init, caps: 00808121 00818131 00000000 00000001
CPU:     After generic, caps: 00808121 00818131 00000000 00000001
CPU:             Common caps: 00808121 00818131 00000000 00000001
CPU: Cyrix MediaGXtm MMXtm Enhanced stepping 02
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
=======
robtu@pi8nos:/proc$ cat cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : CyrixInstead
cpu family      : 5
model           : 7
model name      : Cyrix MediaGXtm MMXtm Enhanced
stepping        : 2
cache size      : 16 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu msr cx8 cmov mmx cxmmx
bogomips        : 76.80





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