Mobile PII vs PIII was Re: test13-pre[37] hangs my VAIO on boot

From: Oliver Xymoron (oxymoron@waste.org)
Date: Sun Dec 31 2000 - 14:44:03 EST


On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, Oliver Xymoron wrote:

> My VAIO PCG-Z505SX locks up at "Uncompressing kernel", power cycling
> required to reboot. Unpatched test12 works fine with same config. System
> is debian-testing with gcc 2.95.2, kernel built with make-kpkg.

Ok, I lied. Looks like the working test12 I had was compiled differently.

> CONFIG_M686FXSR=y
...
> CONFIG_X86_WP_WORKS_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_INVLPG=y
> CONFIG_X86_CMPXCHG=y
> CONFIG_X86_BSWAP=y
> CONFIG_X86_POPAD_OK=y
> CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT=5
> CONFIG_X86_TSC=y
> CONFIG_X86_GOOD_APIC=y
> CONFIG_X86_PGE=y
> CONFIG_X86_USE_PPRO_CHECKSUM=y
> CONFIG_X86_FXSR=y
> CONFIG_X86_XMM=y

My VAIO has a Mobile Pentium II. Which means it is indeed a 686 with FXSR,
but no XMM. There are of course locking primitives that change with the
presence of CONFIG_X86_XMM.

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