[lug] kernel support for Athlon

[Egg]

* luke p <linuxluke_20 at hotmail.com> [2002-07-22 14:19:52]:
> Hey,
> Sorry I don't have advice for you, but what I can offer is proof your not 
> the only one with these kinds of problems. I have a similar set up to 
> yours, but w/ 2 Athlons and a Matrox G450 AGP and that I can say that I've 
> noticed the problem as stated in the article you linked to, being that my 
> system doesn't like me to 'intensly' push traffic across the AGP slot or 
> oddly installs seem to hick-up when dealing with AGP configs...So just to 
> let you know your not the only one with those kinds of problems...
> 
> -Luke
> 
> 
> >From: Ferdinand Schmid <fschmid at archenergy.com>
> >Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> >To: blug <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
> >Subject: [lug] kernel support for Athlon
> >Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 14:19:10 -0600
> >
> >HI,
> >I recently ran into an interesting problem with AthlonXP CPUs:
> >I cannot compile a stable kernel when selecting Athlon as CPU type.  The 
> >identical kernel configuration with one change: CPU Type = PentiumII ... 
> >works just fine.
> >
> >My hardware:
> >- Tyan Motherboard, AMD-760 MPX chipset
> >- Single Athlon XP 1.9 GHz CPU
> >- NVIDIA GeForce4 video (using the NVIDIA driver)
> >
> >Software:
> >- SuSE Linux 8.0 (using their 2.4.18 kernel)
> >
> >A google search points to problems between Athlon CPUs and AGP video 
> >cards; here is a sample link:
> >http://www.geocrawler.com/lists/3/Linux/35/175/7626960
> >
> >Did anybody else on this list see similar problems / have answers to this 
> >issue.  I am not on the kernel list and my info is purely based on a brief 
> >web search.
> >
> >
> >Ferdinand
> >--
> >Ferdinand Schmid
> >Architectural Energy Corporation
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> >http://www.archenergy.com
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I think you might find this an interesting read as I think its related
to your problems and mine ;-)


Egg