From owner-freebsd-security Thu Nov 13 03:28:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA05541 for security-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 03:28:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security) Received: from edina.xenologics.com (edina.xenologics.com [194.77.5.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id DAA05535; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 03:28:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from stepken@edina.xnc.com) Received: from www (xpl114.xnc.de [194.77.5.78]) by edina.xenologics.com (8.6.8.1/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA08794; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:26:09 +0100 Message-ID: <346AE3D8.29BAE4D1@edina.xnc.com> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:26:16 +0100 From: Stepken Organization: F.S.S. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; Linux 2.0.30 i586) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pierre Beyssac CC: Cy Schubert - ITSD Open Systems Group , security-officer@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Updating microcode on the fly References: <199711121550.HAA06579@cwsys.cwsent.com> <19971113111353.YC28927@mars.hsc.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id DAA05537 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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