Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 23:11:53 -0800 (PST) From: "Jamil J. Weatherbee" <jamil@trojanhorse.ml.org> To: spork <spork@super-g.com> Cc: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>, jkh@time.cdrom.com, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Pentium lockup fix in FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113230640.934A-100000@trojanhorse.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971114011518.12120A-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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Right on my brother --- Actually I'd go for a 6x86-200 (which run about $189) I consider Intel to be responsible for their little screw up which they probably tried to cover up to minimize losses. To hell with them. The only Intel thing in my machine is my motherboard chipset (unfortunately). What AMD should do is offer a special deal where you get a discount for replacing a faulty intel processor with a K6. On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, spork wrote: > And on a practical note, let's remember that those of us who run a > public-access machine generally have spare parts around. Why not make > your next spare processor a K6? For me, $140 is worth about two trips in > to work to hit "reset". This is the "workaround" that we used on our > shell machine, and we were able to implement it right after the first user > that tried it "because I didn't think it would work". > > Charles > > Charles Sprickman > spork@super-g.com > ---- > "I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man > Just a mortal with potential of a superman > I'm living on" -DB > > On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Charles Henrich wrote: > > > In lists.freebsd.hackers you write: > > > > >> [ Private email ] > > > > >Oh? Just between you, me and all of -hackers, eh? :-) If you're going > > >to send something in private email then cc'ing hackers doesn't make a > > >lot of sense (not that much of this discussion has so far). > > > > Okay Kids, Go back to your room. Sean, you need to learn some etiquette and > > A) not repost private email, and B) jump to conclusions that are contrary to > > what many years of FreeBSD operation has shown us. > > > > As with all security patches, one will be provided in due time, after it is > > evaluated critically. In this case I can honestly say "Fooey", yes its a > > really NASTY bug for those of us with Pentium systems that have normal users > > with accounts on them. However, its not the most security hole to ever be > > invented. > > > > Lets all act like adults here, and let this thread drop right now. > > > > -Crh > > -- > > > > Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu > > > > http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich > > > >
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