Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 00:58:35 -0500 From: Tom Jackson <toj@gorilla.net> To: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: K6 Update & AMD Statement Message-ID: <19970929005835.01396@my.domain> In-Reply-To: <342A79F5.41C67EA6@prima.ruhr.de>; from Philipp Reichmuth on Thu, Sep 25, 1997 at 04:49:25PM %2B0200 References: <342A79F5.41C67EA6@prima.ruhr.de>
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On Thu, Sep 25, 1997 at 04:49:25PM +0200, Philipp Reichmuth wrote: > Hi folks! > > Good news for the K6: I just got mine swapped by my dealer; it was a > revision 9721 chip, and he swapped it for a 9735 chip. It now works > fine. I'll redo the make world for a couple of times the next weeks and > see what I'll get. > > Second good news: I wrote to AMD about it, and they seem genuinely > concerned with it, or so I gather from their mail. Here's what they > wrote (follows) > > Philipp > > ==================> begin AMD mail <============ > > Dear Philipp, > > 1. We believe you are encountering Erratum 2.6.2 that is fully > documented > in the AMD-K6 MMX Enhanced Processor Revision Guide posted on our > website, > www.amd.com. Due to the long list of rare conditions necessary for this > erratum to occur, the issue does not effect general users in a DOS or > Windows environment. It appears to be limited to a special cases as in > the > Linux kernal re-compile. > > 2. A design change that fixes the erratum has been identified and is > currently being implemented in a future revision of the AMD-K6 > processor. > > 3. AMD stands behind its products and wants you to be fully satisfied > with > your choice. > To this end, we are offering to replace your processor as the new > revision > becomes available. > > 4 To replace your processor we need the following information. We will > contact you in about 3 weeks with more specifics on when and how the > processor will be replaced. > > - Name > > - Address > > - Phone Number > > - Type of System or Motherboard > > - Processor Frequency > > Kind Regards > Tvrtko > AMD Hotline / Technical Support. > > =========================> End AMD Stuff <========================= > > (but please don't post all this into the wide world - it's a bit touchy > with personal email) > Have you ask him to contact David G to get a replacement to him so the evaluation results can be known to all of us? Tom
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