Re: tlug: compiling

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Christopher Sekiya wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Marcus Metzler wrote:
> 
> > I just remembered that I read something about the K6 and compiling kernels.
> > I think they said that the problems you described happened with some K6
> > CPUs.
> 
> Let me see if I can find the exact article ... damn, no, all I have is
> AMD's response.
> 
> If memory serves, the bug would only show up in K6 processors with a
> stepping of 2 and below.  It would only manifest if the machine had more
> than 32 Mb.  There was one other condition, which I've forgotten.

every K6 I've ever owned, including the one I bought a month ago, has had
a stepping of 2.... but none have had this particular problem.

> 
> Anyway ... this was AMD's response:
> 
> AMD recently received reports from a limited number of users having
> intermittent problems while running core re-compiles of the Linux
> shareware operating system. Our systems engineering group has duplicated
> the observation and determined that it is related to a previously known
> erratum. Full technical details of this erratum are documented in
> section 2.6.2 of the AMD-K6 MMX Enhanced Processor Revision Guide posted
> on our website, www.amd.com. Users that feel they are being affected by
> this problem, should contact AMD's support line at (408) 749-3060 and
> ask for Dan Hingle or Glen Garcia.
> 
> (end quote)
> 
> AMD pulled the affected processors off the market fairly quickly.
> 
> --	Chris (wileyc@example.com)
> 
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Featuring Tague Griffith of Netscape i18l talking on source code
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