Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 13:33:30 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <perlsta@cs.sunyit.edu> To: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) a fix? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971110133159.20797A-100000@server.local.sunyit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199711100724.AAA09776@usr06.primenet.com>
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i don't know the logistics of doing this but what about an adapter that sits between the pentium and the socket that snoops for that code coming though the instruction line and mangles it into something different? would that work? is it feasable? -Alfred On Mon, 10 Nov 1997, Terry Lambert wrote: > > can't to my knowledge, unless you are going to have your OS's check each > > opcode before it is executed (for CS people out there that is > > O(really-nasty) ;). > > You could always use a two processor box and burn one processor to > watchdog the other. 8-). > > > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. >
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