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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:45:12 -0700 |
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Greg Frank <frank@××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Hi. I remember when the AMD/AGP issues with Linux were first being |
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> reported, you guys had some of the most comprehensive info on your site. |
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> Lately, I haven't seen very much info about it... although I have seen |
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> several people commenting online recently that they have been using |
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> Linux on recently built AMD systems with no problems. Since I am |
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> considering putting together an AMD system pretty soon, I am curious |
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> about how the situation stands at this point. Can you please tell me if |
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> there is a new kernel version that addresses the problem? Also, if not, |
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> does it help at all if you compile the kernel specifically on an AMD |
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> processor? (I'm guessing not, but it's nice to hope). |
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I'm running a dual Athlon with ATI Fire GL 8800 and absolutely no |
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problems. There *is* an issue, but it is handled by passing |
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"mem=nopentium" to the kernel (although I don't because the drivers from |
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ATI automatically handle that). |
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Cheers. |
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Jonathan Kelly. |