Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 11:58:47 -0800 (PST) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: jlemon@americantv.com (Jonathan Lemon) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (fwd) Re: F00F bug *fixed* in 2.0.x kernels Message-ID: <199712121958.LAA26187@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <19971212122752.36696@right.PCS> from Jonathan Lemon at "Dec 12, 97 12:27:52 pm"
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Jonathan Lemon writes: > On Dec 12, 1997 at 09:12:40AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > > torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) wrote: > > > > > > > >If they are indeed still using that fix, they are a sorry lot of > > > >incompetent idiots. > > > > > > The fix that Linus is refering to is one of several that were evaluated > > > and rejected. The fix that we finally adopted in FreeBSD is the one that > > > involves making the IDT to read-only and catching the write fault that > > > occurs. > > > > Good. > > > > And I think I should clarify my position a bit - people did obviously not > > find my statement about "sorry lot of incompetent idiots" to go over well > > in some circles. Strange ;) > > > > Anyway, first I'd like to point out the "if .. indeed" clause of that > > part, just in case somebody missed it. > > I don't think anyone missed it. However, the phrasing was same as the > question ``Have you stopped beating your wife yet?'' EG: it presupposes > circumstances that are not true. In this case, the assumption is that the > fix was actually used by FBSD in the first place. Oh come on everyone. No need to make a big deal out of it. Linus is a friendly guy and meant no harm. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com
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