Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:15:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:15:41 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:10513 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 18:15:25 -0500 Subject: Re: Bad Illegal instruction traps on dual-Xeon (p4) Linux Dell box To: tepperly@llnl.gov (Tom Epperly) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 23:31:04 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20020320213530.87CFE308D@driftcreek.llnl.gov> from "Tom Epperly" at Mar 20, 2002 01:35:30 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > 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 ? Do all the problem boxes have the same stepping of CPU ? - 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/