From owner-freebsd-www Mon Nov 17 02:12:20 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA29657 for www-outgoing; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:12:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-www) Received: from tyree.iii.co.uk (tyree.iii.co.uk [193.117.77.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA29645 for ; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 02:12:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nik@iii.co.uk) From: nik@iii.co.uk Received: from carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (carrig.strand.iii.co.uk [192.168.7.25]) by tyree.iii.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id KAA08586; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:08:21 GMT Received: (from nik@localhost) by carrig.strand.iii.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) id KAA12147; Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:13:43 GMT Message-ID: <19971117101342.54430@iii.co.uk> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 1997 10:13:42 +0000 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: www@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Just FYI [F00F bug] References: <13781.879561529@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.85e In-Reply-To: <13781.879561529@time.cdrom.com>; from Jordan K. Hubbard on Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 06:38:49PM -0800 Organization: interactive investor Sender: owner-freebsd-www@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan, (and www@, to whom this is cc'd) On Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 06:38:49PM -0800, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > I also think that this whole episode starkly illustrates the need for > greater patience on the part of our users. We've been literally > inundated over the past 3 days with questions, flames and > well-intentioned but wholly redundant forwards on the topic and all > other work has more or less ground to a halt under the onslaught. Could someone not have put a notice on the website, probably under the 'Newsflash' section? Even something as simple as 10-Nov-97[1] Pentium bug - We are aware of the F00F Pentium halting bug and are working with Intel on a fix. When we have a fix ready for public consumption it will be announced here, on the mailing list announce@freebsd.org and to the Usenet newsgroup comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce. Your patience is appreciated. [1] Or whatever date it was N -- --+==[ Nik Clayton is Just Another Perl Hacker at Interactive Investor ]==+-- It is easier to seek forgiveness than permission