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On 05/11/2011 05:46 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 05/10/2011 05:42 AM, Steve Clark wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On 04/26/2011 08:24 AM, Steve Clark wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Hello,
Anybody know the reason RedHat decided not to support the
VIA Eden Processor?
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : CentaurHauls
cpu family : 6
model : 13
model name : VIA Eden Processor 500MHz
I am testing, (using ayplus kernel) and get the following during bootup:
Linux version 2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.centos.ayplus.1.i686 (build@6beta32)
(gcc versi
on 4.4.4 20100630 (Red Hat 4.4.4-10) (GCC) ) #1 SMP Fri Apr 8 17:23:21
PDT 2011
KERNEL supported cpus:
Intel GenuineIntel
AMD AuthenticAMD
NSC Geode by NSC
Cyrix CyrixInstead
Centaur CentaurHauls
Transmeta GenuineTMx86
Transmeta TransmetaCPU
UMC UMC UMC UMC
UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE DEVICE: Centaur Processor
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: at kernel/unsupported.c:13
mark_hardware_unsupported+0x37/0x40() (Not t
ainted)
Your hardware is unsupported. Please do not report bugs, panics,
oopses, etc.,
on this hardware.
Modules linked in:
Pid: 0, comm: swapper Not tainted
2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.centos.ayplus.1.i686 #1
Call Trace:
[<c0450201>] ? warn_slowpath_common+0x81/0xc0
[<c0477e67>] ? mark_hardware_unsupported+0x37/0x40
[<c0477e67>] ? mark_hardware_unsupported+0x37/0x40
[<c0450293>] ? warn_slowpath_fmt_taint+0x33/0x40
[<c0477e67>] ? mark_hardware_unsupported+0x37/0x40
[<c08056eb>] ? early_init_centaur+0xd/0x2d
[<c0a49835>] ? early_cpu_init+0x11a/0x13e
[<c0a453b3>] ? setup_arch+0x38/0xb90
[<c0450d3e>] ? vprintk+0x1ae/0x490
[<c080ba2a>] ? printk+0x17/0x1d
[<c0a5a4ee>] ? cgroup_init_subsys+0xcf/0xdb
[<c0a406da>] ? start_kernel+0xca/0x3a4
---[ end trace a7919e7f17c0a725 ]---
Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
I traced it down to this code, which is not in the standard kernel.org
kernel-2.6.32.36:
from kernel-2.6.32.36
static void __cpuinit early_init_centaur(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
switch (c->x86) {
from 2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.ayplus
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/centaur.c
static void __cpuinit early_init_centaur(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
{
mark_hardware_unsupported("Centaur Processor"); <<<<<<<<<<
switch (c->x86) {
Thanks,
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<pre wrap="">FYI.
Replying to my own E-Mail after running
2.6.32-71.24.1.el6 from SL. I can report that I have
been having lockups (hangs) on three different via centaur processor boxes.
The hangs require power cycling the boxes.
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If you take a look on google for "CentaurHauls i686" you will see that
this CPU/chipset SAYS it fully supports i686 but it really does not.
All of EL6 is i686 and not i586 (which CentaurHauls really fully supports).
I think you are going to have issues with this CPU and EL6 forever.
EL5.x should likely be used with this CPU ...
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Thanks for the feedback.<br>
<br>
I guess the only thing I can say is at the start of the kernel boot
it says:<br>
<pre wrap="">KERNEL supported cpus:
Intel GenuineIntel
AMD AuthenticAMD
NSC Geode by NSC
Cyrix CyrixInstead
Centaur CentaurHauls <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Transmeta GenuineTMx86
Transmeta TransmetaCPU
UMC UMC UMC UMC</pre>
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Which implies to me that it should work. I have booted up 3 boxes
using acpi=off to see<br>
if that makes any difference. So far they have been up a couple of
days, but I need them to<br>
be up at least a week to have any faith that acpi=off makes any
difference.<br>
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<b>NetWolves</b><br>
Sr. Software Engineer III<br>
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