Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus

[felix@crowfix.com]

On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 12:16:46PM -0600, Bruce Hill wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:18:21AM -0500, felix@crowfix.com wrote:
> > 
> > I will try some more desperate tricks today, like reconnecting the USB pile to see if it at least boots the disks again - is my choice between disks and keyboard?  I will find out.  My best guess right now is that booting 3.7.0 is what clobbered things; whether I added a option which loaded bad firmware, or 3.7.0 is broken, I have no idea.  It could well be something unrelated to 3.7.0.  My goal for today is to try to get keyboard and disk working, then boot with 3.6.8.
> 
> Whatever you think of logic, it is entirely illogical that a kernel could kill
> your BIOS, or any hardware ... at least, just booting into it.
> 
> The southbridge is a good thing to look at, esp for a burned spot/pit.
> 
> My suggestion is http://www.sysresccd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage

That's what I've been using.

But the hardware failure is illogical too; why would USB and SATA fail at the same time?  Or why would southbridge fail when it had been running perfectly fine?

I don't really think it was 3.7.0, but who knows, did I answer some config question incorrectly and tell it to load some firmware?  Without access to the disk, I can't tell.  I don't remember any question about loading BIOS firmware, and can't see why the kernel would even care about that.

The whole mess makes no sense.

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Felix Finch, a la mode