Random signals in {build,install}world recently?

Mark Santcroos marks at ripe.net
Mon Oct 20 06:32:20 PDT 2003


On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:29:04PM +0200, Harti Brandt wrote:
> MS>> I have the same MB just with 1800+ processors. I had to reduce the CPU
> MS>> frequency by about 10% in the BIOS setup to get the machine stable. I
> MS>> assume the problem is actually the memory.
> MS>
> MS>Couldn't the following be of help here?
> MS>
> MS>options         DISABLE_PSE
> MS>options         DISABLE_PG_G
> 
> Is the processor bug that these options seem to circumvent dependend on
> the actual operating frequency of the processor?

That won't surprise me, as afaik it's a timing thing.
Note that due to all vagueness around this issue I could be wrong, but
it's worth a try I guess.

Mark


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