[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread ron minnich
"Doctor, it hurts when I do this" "Then don't do that" same applies to new software applied to antiques. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 1:48 PM Matt B wrote: > > My concern is more about surprise brokenness when trying to use the newest > version, if any of those pentiums remain. > > On Tue, Oct 5,

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread Keith Emery
https://youtu.be/qpMvS1Q1sos I'm sorry. :( On 6/10/21 7:47 am, Matt B wrote: My concern is more about surprise brokenness when trying to use the newest version, if any of those pentiums remain. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 4:06 PM ron minnich > wrote: That's what

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread Matt B
My concern is more about surprise brokenness when trying to use the newest version, if any of those pentiums remain. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 4:06 PM ron minnich wrote: > That's what versions are all about. It seems sensible to me to leave > the old bad stuff behind; if people need it, it's all

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread ron minnich
That's what versions are all about. It seems sensible to me to leave the old bad stuff behind; if people need it, it's all still there if they know the tag. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 1:02 PM Matt B wrote: > > I should note I'm not 100% sure what they're doing there. > > Are there any more of these

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread Matt B
I should note I'm not 100% sure what they're doing there. Are there any more of these buggy pentiums left in the coreboot tree? (If he chooses to update) I can imagine RMS getting real snippy if we break his thinkpad. :P On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 3:53 PM ron minnich wrote: > nice fine. Might be

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread ron minnich
nice fine. Might be worth adding the text of this comment (modified as needed) to the CL so that in years to come people understand the reasons. On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 12:51 PM Matt B wrote: > > A quick google turned this up: >

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread Matt B
A quick google turned this up: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromiumos/third_party/kernel/+/chromeos-3.0/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/intel.c#253 On Tue, Oct 5, 2021 at 4:06 AM Julian Stecklina < julian.steckl...@cyberus-technology.de> wrote: > On Tue, 2021-10-05 at 09:29 +0300, Kyösti Mälkki wrote:

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread Julian Stecklina
On Tue, 2021-10-05 at 09:29 +0300, Kyösti Mälkki wrote: > On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 8:12 PM Julian Stecklina > wrote: > > > > But it looks like the workaround was just carried forward with no discussion > > of > > whether it's still necessary or what it actually works around. > > > > Hi > >

[coreboot] Re: Atomic Accesses to Local APIC

2021-10-05 Thread Kyösti Mälkki
On Mon, Oct 4, 2021 at 8:12 PM Julian Stecklina wrote: > > The X86_GOOD_APIC was set in the past in a few configs. You can find them via: > > git log -S GOOD_APIC --source --all > > The define itself was finally removed in: > > commit fc57d6c4c2848726be1361f6dee3c33e7551b857 > Author: Patrick