* Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041026 12:50]: > Stefan Reinauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Now that A stepping CPUs start dying out, could we not switch the reset > > mechanism to use LDTSTOP instead of a complete reset? > > It's more solid and a lot faster. > > Solid? There are several errata with using LDTSTOP and you can not use it after > memory is initialized.
We don't do this anyways, do we? In situations with marginal timing for RESET#, there is less chance of something going wrong. Hardware is rarely perfect, and LDTSTOP# affects less of it, so it is a little more robust. Stefan _______________________________________________ Linuxbios mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.clustermatic.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxbios
