Re: is this a bug?

[Alan Cox]

> > cputype=Athlon I continiusly experienced this crash.When I compiled with
> > cputype=i686 everything went smooth (OS is Redhat 7.1)
> 
> It's a bug in that screwed up compiler redhat shipped with 7.1. AFAIK, the
> only difference between an athlon-specific kernel and an i686-specific
> kernel are the options in the compiler command line when compiling the
> kernel.

Please stop deliberately spreading misinformation. The last thing an end
user with a problem needs is a bigot with an axe to grind lying to them to
make a political point.

Its the classic 'bought the wrong VIA chipset mainboard' problem

Alan