New 1219 kernel causes fire

Fred New Fred.New at microlink.ee
Fri Apr 1 09:59:50 UTC 2005


On 1. aprill 2005. a. 12:24 Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> 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/
> 
Thanks for the pointer.  This system is beginning to
remind me of one of those birthday candles you can't
blow out.

Or maybe I should try Whinex by the person who said,
"No Gnus is good Gnus."

Fred




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