Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:02:27 +0100 From: Eric Feillant <Eric.Feillant@EUnet-Bretagne.fr> To: Pierre Beyssac <Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: now a Cyrix processor bug Message-ID: <347175C3.4C8B@EUnet-Bretagne.fr> References: <19971118105417.FC32400@mars.hsc.fr>
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Pierre Beyssac wrote: > > Has anynone seen this? > > There seems to be a bug on the Cyrix, similar but not identical > to the Pentium's. However the workaround on the Cyrix is apparently > much simpler (you only need to disable LOCK mode in the CCR, if I > understood the fix right). > > -----Forwarded message from troy@dakota.net (Troy)----- > > From: "Troy" <troy@dakota.net> > Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 01:09:32 -0600 > Message-Id: <01bcf0cc$4177dbe0$0201a8c0@odin.mountaintop.org> > To: best-of-security@cyber.com.au > > Luckily, there is a fix for the Cyrix lockup bug: > > http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix/p11.html > > ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------ > Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 20:34:32 -0500 (EST) > To: web-consultants@just4u.com > From: Rainmaker <mosaic1@ix.netcom.com> > Reply-to: web-consultants@just4u.com > Subject: WC:>: More chip problems > BUGS GALORE: INTEL, CYRIX FIGHT GLITCHES IN THEIR CHIPS > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C16312%2C00.html?nd (Intel) > http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C16347%2C00.html?nd (Cyrix) > This week, the chip world seems to have more bugs than Starship > Troopers. > Intel has posted a bug fix for Linux servers for its "FO" bug, and a chip > from Cyrix may have a bug similar to Intel's > --------------------- > Linux - Where do you want to go tomorrow? > http://www.debian.org > t r o y @ d a k o t a . n e t > http://www.dakota.net/~troy > > -----End of forwarded message----- > > -- > Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr does anyone know FreeBSD on a Pentium II /233 MHZ problem ? Eric. -- ========= ____ ===== Eric Feillant ======== / / / ___ ___ /_ ====== EUnet BRETAGNE ======= /---- / / / / /___/ / ======= 140, bd de Creach Gwen ====== /____ /___/ / / /___ /_ ======== 29000 QUIMPER, France ===== Bretagne ========= Tel:(+33) 298101620 Fax:(+33) 298101629 Eric.Feillant@EUnet.fr http://www.EUnet.fr Partenaire CISCO, CHECKPOINT (FIREWALL), BAY NETWORKS, NEWBRIDGE, SUN, CITRIX
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