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Message-Id: <20070517233813.266B6DBA1@gherkin.frus.com>
Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:38:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: rct@...rkin.frus.com (Bob Tracy)
To: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC: Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>,
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@...cle.com>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
Joachim Deguara <joachim.deguara@....com>
Subject: Re: [BUG] (regression) AMD k6-III/450 won't boot w/2.6.22-rc1
Andi Kleen wrote:
> Hmpf.
>
> We cold either use rdmsr_safe or add a family check again or clear it
> in k6 setup. I think clearing it in setup is cleanest.
>
> Does this patch work?
>
> -Andi
>
> Clear MCE flag on AMD K6
>
> It reports machine check capability in CPUID, but doesn't actually
> implement all the necessary MSRs of the standard Intel machine
> check architecture.
>
> This fixes a boot failure recently introduced.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
ACK. I reinstalled Joachim's patch (default 2.6.22-rc1 state), and
added your patch. Life is good: we have a fix/workaround.
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