From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 7 10:42:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA05019 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:42:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ha1.rdc1.pa.home.com (ha1.rdc1.pa.home.com [24.2.5.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA04956 for ; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:42:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nellie@home.com) Received: from cc219337-a.lwmrn1.pa.home.com ([24.3.111.2]) by ha1.rdc1.pa.home.com (Netscape Mail Server v2.02) with SMTP id AAA10363; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:42:00 -0700 Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 13:37:09 -0400 (EDT) From: dmb To: Bobb Shires cc: FreeBSD-questions Subject: Re: Disturbing line in dmesg In-Reply-To: <199809071633.QAA32220@out5.ibm.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG yeah there was a problem with old intels where you could reboot a box if you had this chip, it was called a foof attack if I am not mistaken, it installs the work around so you aren't prone to it. On Mon, 7 Sep 1998, Bobb Shires wrote: > The last line of my dmesg reads: > > Intel Pentium F00F detected, installing workaround > > Any ideas what this means? Thanks! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message