linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] Math-emu kills the kernel on Athlon64 X2

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Date:	Tue, 03 Oct 2006 12:30:33 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, akpm <akpm@...l.org>,
	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] Math-emu kills the kernel on Athlon64 X2

Ar Llu, 2006-10-02 am 21:38 -0700, ysgrifennodd Randy Dunlap:
> OK, how about something more direct and less obtrusive, like this?
> 
> ---
> From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>
> 
> Honor "nofxsr" boot option during init.
> Eliminates the math fault during boot.

Why not just check the flags we set early on to indicate we have a real
FPU instead of another boot option ?

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