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List:       linux-smp
Subject:    Re: X server seems to crash my Dual-P200
From:       Juergen Wilke <wilke () uni-koblenz ! de>
Date:       2000-01-18 9:20:24
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MONZ wrote:

> Now, the mobo has only 256KB L2 cache with 128MB FPM ram installed.
> I guess it will only cache the first 64MB ram, and consequently might be
> confused with more memory than it can cache, so after disabling the L2 cache, my
> problems completely disapppeared.
> [...]
> I was sure it was a pure hardware problem, but your comment makes me wonder if
> different kernels influence cache stability
> Disabling the L2 cache is not nice to do, but it might isolate your problem.

I tried it out, but it didn't change anything for me. But as I wrote in
another post, kernel 2.3.39 reported I do have a hardware problem.
Unfortunately, I still have no idea _what_ problem.

Regards,
Juergen
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