Subject: Re: fftw_test failing on Core 2 Duo/GENERIC.MP
To: Brad du Plessis <bradd@cat.co.za>
From: Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/30/2007 12:37:03
bradd@cat.co.za said:
> You'll note that what is a bit concerning is that no system running
> with  both cores enabled passed this test. Has anyone else by any
> chance tried  this on a Core 2 Duo system and seen similar results? 

This might be the Core2-duo TLB bug; I was hit by that too.
Look for a BIOS update which contains a CPU microcode fix.

best regards
Matthias




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