Valentin Nechayev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> (I cannot even guarantree 50% this is the same problem, but...)
> There were some reports in current@ about incorrect usage of i586_bzero()
> which uses FPU for zero-filling. It generated random kernel panics mainly
> on K6-2, also on P5-MMX and similars. You can try to disable such bzero,
> but IMHO it is reasonable to upgrade to 4.3-RELEASE (RELENG_4_3) first.
1) this bug only occurs on -CURRENT systems that have interrupt
preemption enabled (i.e. anything newer than february)
2) the symptoms are nowhere near what's described here anyway - you'd
see the kernel stack getting smashed, not an FPU exception.
DES
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