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As few days ago I read a discussion on this (possibly on lkml), anyway, patching the kernel for this might not be so easy as: - - - Do you know exactly which chips are affected? My Athlon XP sure is not, and I would NOT like this option since it decrease performance drastically. And for real pentium processors it probably causes the kernel not to boot (didn't try though because i do not have a Pentium). --> there is not simple test yet to determine whether your processor is affected. - - - This option only makes the bug less likely to occur, it does not fix the issue. - - - If no agpgart(or nvidia agp) is used, the bug does not occur and the option only serves to degrade performance (think servers here). Danny On Tuesday 26 February 2002 18:47, you wrote: > Robert Fox wrote: > > Agreed it "should" be fixed in the kernel - but how long can we afford > > to wait - and what are the consequences of NOT adding the option for the > > next (imminent) Mandrake release?? > > Actually, there seems to be a bug in drakboot, where there is > mem=nonpentium (By default? why?), but when you go to click OK, it says > that mem must be a number. Obviously, it doesn't have to be a number. > > On the other hand, I have an A7V motherboard and have never had a > stability problem that I could attribute to this option. So, forcing > this on all AMD users is stupid, and shouldn't be done. What should be > done is the boot configuration should be fixed, and it could also > provide a description of the nopentium flag. - - -- "`...we might as well start with where your hand is now.' Arthur said, `So which way do I go?' `Down,' said Fenchurch, `on this occaision.' He moved his hand. `Down,' she said, `is in fact the other way.' `Oh yes.'" - - - Arthur trying to discover which part of Fenchurch is wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8e/27aeiN+EU2vEIRAslhAJ0e02waEhvZzzmg3kD/QcWki2QJsgCfZSsx +DwAJTLoe49tBsEYdwHFMjQ= =P1nJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
