From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mail2.tpgi.com.au (tempmail.tpgi.com.au [202.7.181.58]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B929AC431 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 21:06:08 -0500 (CDT) Received: from arjuna.kelly.org (free-tpg-112.tpgi.com.au [203.213.82.112] (may be forged)) by mail2.tpgi.com.au (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g71266n29320 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:06:06 +1000 Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:04:52 +1000 From: Jonathan Kelly To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] AMD/AGP issues Message-Id: <20020801120452.152e5720.j0n@tpg.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3D4892A8.7030105@juniperlaw.com> References: <3D4892A8.7030105@juniperlaw.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.7.8claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: c78f90ac-b44c-4198-a978-abf492b0cd8c X-Archives-Hash: 5849709493e3a0321917d3fbdbfd61a1 On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:45:12 -0700 Greg Frank wrote: > Hi. I remember when the AMD/AGP issues with Linux were first being > reported, you guys had some of the most comprehensive info on your site. > > Lately, I haven't seen very much info about it... although I have seen > several people commenting online recently that they have been using > Linux on recently built AMD systems with no problems. Since I am > considering putting together an AMD system pretty soon, I am curious > about how the situation stands at this point. Can you please tell me if > > there is a new kernel version that addresses the problem? Also, if not, > > does it help at all if you compile the kernel specifically on an AMD > processor? (I'm guessing not, but it's nice to hope). > I'm running a dual Athlon with ATI Fire GL 8800 and absolutely no problems. There *is* an issue, but it is handled by passing "mem=nopentium" to the kernel (although I don't because the drivers from ATI automatically handle that). Cheers. Jonathan Kelly.