Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:26:16 +0100 From: Stepken <stepken@edina.xnc.com> To: Pierre Beyssac <Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr> Cc: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group <cschuber@uumail.gov.bc.ca>, security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating microcode on the fly Message-ID: <346AE3D8.29BAE4D1@edina.xnc.com> References: <199711121550.HAA06579@cwsys.cwsent.com> <19971113111353.YC28927@mars.hsc.fr>
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Pierre Beyssac wrote: > > According to Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group: > > ========== ftp://ftp.sco.com/SLS/ptf3343.ltr ================= > > > > Dear SCO Customer, > > > > The enclosed Support Level Supplement (SLS) PTF3343, the Intel Pentium Pro > > and Pentium II Microcode Driver, provides Intel P6 microcode fixes. > > Apparently, this is an unrelated microcode fix for the P6. It probably > won't fix the illegal instruction bug which, according to Intel, occurs > only on the P5 : > > http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentium/ppiie/index.htm > > This erratum does not affect the PentiumŪ Pro processor or > the PentiumŪ II Processor. > > [ Note their cute statement that "all the user has to do is reboot > the system". They're apparently not aware about multiuser systems > or remote administration. ] > > And the famed BSDI patch is apparently not available yet: > > $ lynx ftp://ftp.bsdi.com/bsdi/patches/patches-3.1/M310-hangfix > $ more M310-hangfix > The M310-hangfix beta patch is unavailable at the moment. We'll > keep everyone posted. > > In conclusion it seems that for the moment nobody has a fix: not > SCO, not BSDI, and probably not even Intel. > -- > Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr Oh, sure LINUX has. it came out 8 Hours later. cu, Guido Stepken
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