[ut2003io] AMD Systems

Gerardo Pirla Diaz gpdiaz at bellmonte.com
Wed Nov 20 20:09:31 EST 2002


Matthew Arnold wrote:

> Robert Brandtjen wrote:
>
>> Is anyone on the list using an AthalonXP and if so, how is the kernel 
>> bug for those systems (cache versus AGP). I'm thinking of building 
>> one, but not sure about the linux kernel problems.
>
>
> I've got an Athlon XP 1800+ with an IWill XP333 mobo (ALi MAGiK1 
> revision C1 chipset). I'm using the default kernel for Mandrake 9.0 
> (2.4.19-16mdk) without any problems. I also used the default Athlon 
> kernels in Red Hat 7.3 and 8.0 without any problems. I've heard of 
> that bug, but I've never encountered it. I know my CPU is a newer 
> revision, so it is not affected by the extended paging bug in older 
> Athlons and Durons. I'm not sure if that's the same bug or not.
>
> The NVIDIA driver supposedly doesn't like the MAGiK's AGP 
> implementation, but I've never had any problems with it using AGPGART 
> instead of NvAGP.
>
> Matt 


I've got an Atholon 1600+. I'm using a RH-8.0 updated kernel 2.4.18-10 
with a NVIDIA TI4200 with the drivers version 1.0-3123, and UT2k3 Kirks 
everytime.

GpDiaz




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