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Date:      Sat, 15 Nov 1997 11:28:14 +0100 (CET)
From:      Didier Derny <didier@omnix.net>
To:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD Pentium Bug fix (proposed)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.971115112530.6703A-100000@omnix.net>
In-Reply-To: <19971114171214.44521@right.PCS>

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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Jonathan Lemon wrote:

> 
> Alright, I've been watching the debate about the LOCK CMPXCHG8 bug, 
> and decided to take a crack at it.  While I believe that for the most
> case, this is probably just a tempest in a teapot, for some, it probably
> represents a serious DOS that should be addressed.
> 

I installed it on a 2.2.2-Release machine with a Pentium 166 MMX 
and it works fine for me.

By the way, I think that the only acceptable solution to this
problem is the replacement of the defective parts by Intel.



--
Didier Derny
didier@omnix.net




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