linux-kernel - Re: Regression: boot failure on AMD Elan TS-5500

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Message-ID: <486A92B5.10008@zytor.com>
Date:	Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:25:25 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Sean Young <sean@...s.org>
CC:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Regression: boot failure on AMD Elan TS-5500

Sean Young wrote:
> 
> I was just trying to confirm this with postive and negative tests which 
> is failing. I'm probably being an idiot, please let systematically test
> this.
> 
> This does not seem like the heisenbug category, or is it?
> 

It could easily be something timing-dependent, which might affect only X 
boots out of Y.  Please keep us posted on your testing progress.

It would also be very interesting if you put, say, a WBINVD at the point 
  of label 1:

	-hpa

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