Re: [gentoo-dev] SOLVED: Major MCE problem with SMP on Gentoo kernels

[Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>]

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On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 17:16, Kevin wrote:
> But the bizarre thing is that I couldn't reproduce this MCE at all using 
> another distribution on the same (pre-replacement) hardware.  Does Gentoo 
> push the hardware much harder than other distros?  Perhaps because I'm 
> compiling the code for my particular hardware vice running code that was 
> built to run on many different sets of hardware (less aggressive CFLAGS 
> et. al.)?  I'm at a loss to explain this.

Simply... Yes.  You are using, even at -march=pentium3, the MMX and SSE
portions of the chip, which may not be used at all on another
distribution (compiled -march=i586) at all.

CFLAGS, as both the Gnome and KDE teams can attest, can make a world of
difference on how things come out in the end.

As for the memtest86 problem, who knows... ask the memtest86 guys. 
They'd probably be really interested in your findings.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Developer
Games/LiveCD Teams
Gentoo Linux

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