AlphaPC 164LX & SRM (again)

Wed Apr 13 13:27:49 UTC 2005

On Wed, Apr 13, 2005 at 10:20:52AM +0400, Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
> 
> Could be the following message in /var/log/messages:
> kernel: pci: passed pte write cache snoop test
> kernel: pci: failed valid tag invalid pte reload test (mcheck; 
> workaround enabled)
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> kernel: pci: tbia workaround enabled
> 
> give an explanation of the problem I have with SRM on my LX164 machine?

Somewhat unlikely, as that's a message that one sees on any LX; it
indicates a weakness of the PYXIS core-logic chipset used there (it
also shows up on MIATAs).

 --Jay++

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