New 1219 kernel causes fire
Thorsten Leemhuis
fedora at leemhuis.info
Fri Apr 1 09:23:45 UTC 2005
Am Freitag, den 01.04.2005, 03:50 -0500 schrieb Dave Jones:
> On Fri, Apr 01, 2005 at 11:43:55AM +0300, Fred New wrote:
> > Motherboard - McDonaldFarm-eieio
> > Processor - Celeron_x64
> > Memory - 6 GB, GCC
> >
> > Every time I boot, the new kernel causes my motherboard to catch fire.
> > I didn't have this problem with 1208 kernel. Fortunately, the onboard
> > halon extinguisher prevents any damage, but the ozone layer is
> > suffering. And I am running out of halon. Is anyone else seeing this?
>
> Ah, that'll be because we build the kernel with gcc4 now, which emits
> HCF[1] instructions. It's perfectly normal, and to be expected.
> As a workaround, you could invest in a water-pump, and some pretty
> cold-cathode lights. (I recommend green).
No, with a Celeron_x64 I would recommend to just use davix:
http://www.kernelslacker.org/davix/announce.txt
http://www.kernelslacker.org/davix/
That solved the fire problem for me. Davej, you really should have heard
of this fantastic new Linux-lookalike kernel. Will it be included in
FC4? Or a update to FC3? Please!
SCNR
CU
thl
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