AMD Athlon 6 User Manual

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AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 6
Revision Guide
Publication # 24332 Rev: E Issue Date: December 2002
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Revision History
Date Rev Description
December 2002 E Added errata #22–24.
July 2002 D Added errata #20 and #21.
Added silicon revision A5 information
Added erratum #18 and #19
October 2001 C
May 2001 B Initial public release.
Added Table 2: Cross-reference of Erratum to Processor Segments to include all processor
segments
Updated reference documents listed in section 3.1
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AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide
AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 6
Revision Guide
24332E— December 2002
The purpose of the AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide is to communicate updated product information on the AMD Athlon processor model 6 to designers of computer systems and software developers. This revision guide applies to the AMD Athlon processor model 6, mobile AMD Athlon processor model 6, and AMD Athlon MP processor model 6. This guide consists of three sections:
Product Errata: This section, which starts on page 5, provides a detailed description of product
errata, including potential effects on system operation and suggested workarounds. An erratum is defined as a deviation from the product’s specification. A product errata may cause the behavior of the AMD Athlon processor model 6 to deviate from the published specifications.
Revision Determination: This section, which starts on page 16, shows the AMD Athlon processor
model 6 identification numbers returned by the CPUID instruction for each revision of the processor.
Technical and Documentation Support: This section, which starts on page 17, provides a listing of
available technical support resources. It also lists corrections, modifications, and clarifications to listed documents. Please refer to the data sheets listed in this section for product marking information.

Revision Guide Policy

Occasionally AMD identifies deviations from or changes to the specification of the AMD Athlon processor model 6. These changes are documented in the AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 6 Revision Guide as errata. Descriptions are written to assist system and software designers in using the AMD Athlon processor model 6 and corrections to AMD’s documentation on the AMD Athlon processor model 6 are included. This release documents currently characterized product errata.
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1 Product Errata

This section documents AMD Athlon™ Processor Model 6 product errata. The errata are divided into categories to assist referencing particular errata. A unique tracking number for each erratum has been assigned within this document for user convenience in tracking the errata within specific revision levels. Table 1 cross-references the revisions of the processor to each erratum. An “X” indicates that the erratum applies to the stepping. The absence of an “X” indicates that the erratum does not apply to the stepping. Table 2 on page 6 cross-references erratum to each processor segment. An “X” indicates that the erratum applies to the processor segment.
Note: There can be missing errata numbers. Errata that have been resolved from early revisions of the
processor have been deleted, and errata that have been reconsidered may have been deleted or renumbered.
Table 1. Cross-Reference of Product Revision to Errata
Revision
Errata Numbers and Description
16 INVLPG Instruction Does Not Flush Entire Four-Megabyte Page Properly with
Certain Linear Addresses
17 Deadlock May Occur in a Two-Processor System in the Presence of Probe to
Memory- Mapped I/O
18 Processor May Issue Non-Connect Bus Cycle After FID Special Cycle X X
19 Processor Does Not Support Reliable Microcode Patch Mechanism X
20 Processor Performance Counters Do Not Count Some x86 Instructions X X X
21 A Speculative SMC Store Followed by an Actual SMC Store May Cause One-
Time Stale Execution
22 Real Mode RDPMC with Illegal ECX May Cause Unpredictable Operation X X X
23 Using Task Gates With Breakpoints Enabled May Cause Unexpected Faults X X X
24 Single Step Across I/O SMI Skips One Debug Trap X X X
Numbers
A0 A2 A5
XX
XX X
XX X
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Table 2. Cross-Reference of Erratum to Processor Segments

Errata
Number
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Notes:
1. The workstation/server segment currently includes the AMD Athlon™ MP processor.
2. The desktop segment currently includes the AMD Athlon XP processor.
3. The mobile segment currently includes the AMD Athlon 4 processor.
Workstation/Server
XXX
X
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
XXX
1
Desktop
2
Mobile
X
3
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