Re: Kernel compile fails on Cyrix...
On Fri, Sep 04, 1998 at 10:00:26PM -0700, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> Steve McIntyre <stevem@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> > Sounds like you may have memory/system problems other than CPU. You're
> > showing classic symptoms of memory that's having problems, in fact.
>
> The memory is okay, I got some memory test software from a guy at the
> 'linux-kernel' mailinglist, and I think most of these guys know what they
> are doing... :)
Not necessarily - it may be voltage/overheating or seating problems with
memory as opposed to actual faults with the chips themselves - try running
those tests continuously for 12+ Hrs - then see what happens.
> Maybe it's that it is a faulty Cyrix I have, but I doubt it... I got a friend
> that had a little newer Cyrix than me (we got our at about the same time, only
> that I got one that's been laying around for a couple of weeks... Cheaper :),
> which he later upgraded to another Cyrix, but faster and wich MX code.
>
> He had/have problems with both his CPU's... His Linux uptime is crappy to.
> I've heard quite some people that have Cyrix, and have stable systems, but
> none of them have actually recomended Cyrix for Linux-only use (not even
> the guys on linux-kernel... That might be a clue, I don't know... :)
Quite possibly because the CPUs don't live up to their stated P-II
or Pentium equivalent speeds (eg the M-II 300 is apparently 5%[?] slower
than a real P-II 300, vs AMD K6-2 at 0.01% or less according to
tomshardwareguide.com). Apart from that, they are quite decent.
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