From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:02:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:02:01 -0400 Received: from paloma17.e0k.nbg-hannover.de ([62.159.219.17]:52936 "HELO paloma17.e0k.nbg-hannover.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 13 Sep 2001 23:01:49 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII From: Dieter =?iso-8859-1?q?N=FCtzel?= Organization: DN To: Robert Love Subject: Re: Feedback on preemptible kernel patch Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 04:47:32 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] Cc: Linux Kernel List MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Message-Id: <20010914030157Z273268-760+12546@vger.kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Love wrote: > Hi Arjan, > > first, highmem is fixed and the original patch you have from me is good. > second, Daniel Phillips gave me some feedback into how to figure out the > VM error. I am working on it, although just the VM potential Good to hear. > -- ReiserFS may be another problem. Can't wait for that. > third, you may be experiencing problems with a kernel optimized for > Athlon. this may or may not be related to the current issues with an > Athlon-optimized kernel. Basically, functions in arch/i386/lib/mmx.c > seem to need some locking to prevent preemption. I have a basic patch > and we are working on a final one. Can you please send this stuff along to me? You know I own an Athlon (since yester Athlon II 1 GHz :-) and need some input... Mobo is MSI MS-6167 Rev 1.0B (AMD Irongate C4, yes the very first one) Kernel with preempt patch and mmx/3dnow! optimization crash randomly. Never had that (without preempt) during the last two years. Thanks, Dieter