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AM D Athlon™ Pr oc essor Model 6 R evision Guide Publication # 24332 Rev: E Issue Date: December 2002 Preliminary Information.
Preliminary Information T rademarks AMD , the AMD Arr ow logo , AMD Athlon, and comb inations thereof , ar e trademar ks of Adv anced Micr o Devices, Inc. Other product names us ed in this publication are for id entification purposes onl y and ma y be tr ademarks of their r espectiv e companies.
3 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information Revision History Date Rev Description December 2002 E Added errata #22–2 4.
4 AM D Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide 24332E— December 2002 Preliminary Information AM D Athlon™ Pr oc essor Model 6 Re vision Guide The pur pose of the AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 6.
5 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 1 Pro du ct Er ra ta T his section documents AMD Athlon ™ Processor Mode l 6 product err ata. T he err ata ar e div ided into categories to assist r efe r encing particular err ata.
6 AM D Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide 24332E— December 2002 Preliminary Information T able 2. Cross-Reference of Er ratum to Processor Segments Errata Number W orkstation/Server 1 Desktop 2 Mobile 3 16 XXX 17 X 18 X 19 XXX 20 XXX 21 XXX 22 XXX 23 XXX 24 XXX Notes: 1.
7 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 16 INVLPG Instruction Does Not Flush Entire Four -Megabyte Page Properly with Certain Linear Addresses Products Affected. A0, A2 Normal Specified Operation.
8 AM D Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide 24332E— December 2002 Preliminary Information 17 Deadlock May Occur in a Tw o-Processor System in the Pres ence of Prob e to Memory- Mapped I/O Products Affected. A0, A2, A5 Normal Specified Operation.
9 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 18 Processor May Issue Non-Connect Bus Cycle After FID Special Cycle Products Affected. A0, A2 Normal Specified Operation. The first pr ocessor c ycle after a FID Change special c ycle should be a Connect special c ycle.
10 AM D Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide 24332E— December 2002 Preliminary Information 19 Processor Does Not Support Re liable Microcode Patch Mechanism Products Affected. A5 Normal Specified Operation. The pr ocessor should fu nction properl y after a microcode patch is loaded.
11 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 20 Processor Performance Counters Do Not Count Some x86 Instructions Products Affected. A0, A2, A5 Normal Specified Operation. The pr ocessor should c ount all x8 6 inst ructions when pr ogr ammed to do so .
12 AM D Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide 24332E— December 2002 Preliminary Information 21 A Speculative SMC Store F ollowed by an Actual SMC Store May Cause One-Time Stale Execution Products Affected. A0, A2, A5 Normal Specified Operation.
13 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 22 Real Mode RDPMC with Illegal ECX May Cause Unpre dictable Operation Products Affected.
14 AM D Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide 24332E— December 2002 Preliminary Information 23 Using Task Gates With Breakpoint s Enabled May Caus e Unexpected Faults Products Affected. A0, A2, A5 Normal Specified Operation. T ask gates should correctl y use the TSS selector out of the task gate for C ALL and JMP instructions.
15 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 24 Single Step Across I/O SMI Skips One Debug Trap Products Affected.
16 AM D Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide 24332E— December 2002 Preliminary Information 2 R evision Determination T able 3 sho ws the AMD Athlon™ pr ocessor model 6 identification n umbers r eturned by the CPUID instruction f or each r e vision of the processor .
17 24332E— December 2002 AM D Athlon™ Pr ocessor Model 6 Revision Guide Preliminary Information 3 T echnical and Documentation Support T he follo wing documents pr o vide additiona l informa tion r egar ding the oper ation of the AMD Athlon™ processor model 6.
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