Re: [Opps] Invalid opcode

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Mon Nov 13 2006 - 00:32:21 EST


On Monday 13 November 2006 05:20, Zachary Amsden wrote:
> S.ÃaÄlar Onur wrote:
> > 05 Kas 2006 Paz 18:40 tarihinde, Andi Kleen ÅunlarÄ yazmÄÅtÄ:
> >
> >> And does it still happen in 2.6.19-rc4?
> >>
> >
> > Sorry for delayed test result, i cannot reproduce this panic with 2.6.19-rc5
> >
>
> I would like to find the exact cause of the problem;

It's all related to i386's abuse of the cpu hotplug state machine.
Eventually that needs to be fixed properly like it was on x86-64
(I didn't dare touch i386 back then because this code is so fragile on old
hardware)

-Andi
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