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Date:      Mon, 07 Sep 1998 13:15:17 -0400
From:      "Francisco Reyes" <reyesf@newsguy.com>
To:        "FreeBSD questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Disturbing line in dmesg
Message-ID:  <199809071715.KAA28621@newsguy.com>

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On Mon, 07 Sep 1998 12:32:46 -0400, Bobb Shires wrote:

>The last line of my dmesg reads:
>Intel Pentium F00F detected, installing workaround
>Any ideas what this means?


Some time back there was a bug found in certain Intel Pentium CPUs.
A series of bytes could make your system crash. FreeBSD has a
"workaround" so your system doesn't crash upon finding the string.



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