Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760142AbXEQCXX (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 22:23:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755219AbXEQCXR (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 22:23:17 -0400 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:38227 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754880AbXEQCXR (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 May 2007 22:23:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 19:21:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Christian cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.22-rc1 does not boot on VIA C3_2 cause of X86_CMPXCHG64 In-Reply-To: <464BAF07.9020003@cv-sv.de> Message-ID: References: <464B9D2C.7040704@cv-sv.de> <464BAF07.9020003@cv-sv.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 707 Lines: 23 On Thu, 17 May 2007, Christian wrote: > Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Can you check? The Nehemian (C3-2) should be model 9 or greater. > > Yes, it's a Nehemiah Ok. If so, we should blacklist both MCYRIXIII and MVIAC3_2, I suspect. > lola:~ # cat /proc/cpuinfo > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8 sep mtrr pge cmov pat mmx fxsr sse rng rng_en ace ace_en However, it does seem to *claim* to support "cx8" aka cmpxchg8b. What's up with that? Linus - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/