From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Nov 15 02:28:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id CAA11776 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:28:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from omnix.net (root@omnix.net [194.183.217.130]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id CAA11770 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 02:28:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from didier@omnix.net) Received: from localhost (didier@localhost.omnix.net [127.0.0.1]) by omnix.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA06982; Sat, 15 Nov 1997 10:28:14 GMT Date: Sat, 15 Nov 1997 11:28:14 +0100 (CET) From: Didier Derny To: Jonathan Lemon cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD Pentium Bug fix (proposed) In-Reply-To: <19971114171214.44521@right.PCS> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Jonathan Lemon wrote: > > Alright, I've been watching the debate about the LOCK CMPXCHG8 bug, > and decided to take a crack at it. While I believe that for the most > case, this is probably just a tempest in a teapot, for some, it probably > represents a serious DOS that should be addressed. > I installed it on a 2.2.2-Release machine with a Pentium 166 MMX and it works fine for me. By the way, I think that the only acceptable solution to this problem is the replacement of the defective parts by Intel. -- Didier Derny didier@omnix.net