Re: repost: patch for 2.1.108 LDT problems

Marcus Meissner (marcus@jet.franken.de)
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 23:23:58 +0200 (MEST)


> > > > If you do, please make it a sysctl'able option. At least on my AMD-K6-PR2/200
> > > > I have not experienced lockups/crashes yet.
> > > Interesting. Does this crash your K6 under 2.0.x ?
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > 2.1.108-UP + Bill Hawes LDT patch, gcc 2.7.2.1.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Next please 8)

Confirm: vanilla 2.0.34, UP, AMD K6-PR2/200.

Hard lockup, no NumLock, no VC switching, no response.

Would it be possible to backport the relevant code from 2.1 to 2.0 so that
it doesn't crash?

Ciao, Marcus

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