svn commit: r198868 - in head/sys: amd64/amd64 i386/i386

[Attilio Rao]

2009/11/4, Robert Watson <rwatson at freebsd.org>:
>
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009, Attilio Rao wrote:
>
> > +       if (CPUID_TO_FAMILY(cpu_id) == 0xf && CPUID_TO_MODEL(cpu_id) >=
> 0x20 &&
> > +           CPUID_TO_MODEL(cpu_id) <= 0x3f) {
> > +               printf("WARNING: This architecture revision has known SMP
> "
> > +                   "hardware bugs which may cause random instability\n");
> > +               printf("WARNING: For details see: "
> > +
> "http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11305\n");
> >
>
> I think the warning is a good idea, but I don't think we should include the
> URL.  We have no control over where it points or what information it will
> contain in the future.  Is there a hardware vendor errata number/document
> that we can point at instead, or alternatively, can we just leave it with
> the first warning line?

I tried to look for an errata pdf from AMD, but I've been unable to
locate one and that's the only 'close' reference I could find.
I'm fine with stripping the link, through, I actually wasn't very
eager to add it, I just did for a complete reference.

Attilio


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