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Hello,

On Jan 31, 2007, at 00:38, leon zadorin wrote:

> I guess that is common knowledge, so I'd rather find out why there 
> isn't
> any code in the exception vector area to handle this exception. Maybe
> the interrupt prefix bit is modified in MSR by mistake? How is your MPC
> configured at reset (I mean the reset configuration on the data bus)?"

This early in kernel startup interrupts should be disabled and 
decrementer exceptions shouldn't occur. Having a look at the msr 
immediately before the exception fires might be helpful ( as in finding 
out where exactly it's enabled and why it only happens on a handful 
machines )

have fun
Michael
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