On Fri, 13 Apr 2001 09:00:25 -0500
Thomas Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Miles Lane wrote:
> >
> > My most recent note from AMD said that they'd be sending
> > the workaround information to LKML and David Brownell
> > today. I'll send a quick query and see if they are on track
> > to still do this. A couple of days ago the documentation was
> > still going through their internal review process.
> >
> > Miles
> >
> > David Brownell wrote:
> >
> > > If AMD doesn't publish their workaround soon, I'd be inclined
> > > to send a patch like this to Linus. The "WILL KILL SYSTEM"
> > > bit is overstated ... it's not quite that certain.
>
>
> Any futher word from AMD on this...
Yes. Richard (the guy who is working on it) spent four hours
writing up the documentation on Thursday, but he needs to
get official blessing from one more AMD manager. Richard needs
confirmation from us about the exact revision of the AMD-756
that is causing us trouble. The erratum #4 apparantly only
applies to ~100K units that were shipped. I have replied to
Richard and asked that he contact David Brownell for confirmation
-- I am currently away from my Athlon machine and couldn't check
my chip revision.
So, the answer is that someone within AMD is working really
hard on getting this information to us. He's also having to
jump through hoops to make sure he doesn't lose his job for
giving us unapproved information. I expect we'll get the
workaround details on Monday or Tuesday at the latest.
Cheers,
Miles
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