Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > My machine has a nasty tendancy to hard crash when I play BZFLAG for
> > > extended periods without the "mem=nopentium" option.
> > >
> > > I also read somewhere that this options if highly recommended (for
> > > stability) for AMD based mahines.
> > >
> > > Why doesn't the DrakX install catch this and do this automatically?
> >
> > because I really think it should be fixed in the kernel?
> >
> > if mem=nopentium is *needed*, why not have it by default!
>
> What? The provided Mandrake kernel is for all types of processors, not
> just AMD. You wouldn't want "mem=nopentium" is you have a pentium. So
> command line option is the only option as far as I can see.
i meant of course for Athlons, not for any CPUs.
if (is_on_athlon_or_duron) {
do_the_same_thing_as_mem_no_pentium_is_doing();
}
But anyway, our kernel people tells it's ugly/non-necessary. So I won't bother
with this anymore. If you have some pb with Athlons, tell
[EMAIL PROTECTED], and don't tell me to add mem=nopentium ;p
