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Date:      Tue, 18 Nov 1997 12:02:27 +0100
From:      Eric Feillant <Eric.Feillant@EUnet-Bretagne.fr>
To:        Pierre Beyssac <Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: now a Cyrix processor bug
Message-ID:  <347175C3.4C8B@EUnet-Bretagne.fr>
References:  <19971118105417.FC32400@mars.hsc.fr>

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Pierre Beyssac wrote:
> 
> Has anynone seen this?
> 
> There seems to be a bug on the Cyrix, similar but not identical
> to the Pentium's. However the workaround on the Cyrix is apparently
> much simpler (you only need to disable LOCK mode in the CCR, if I
> understood the fix right).
> 
> -----Forwarded message from troy@dakota.net (Troy)-----
> 
> From: "Troy" <troy@dakota.net>
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 01:09:32 -0600
> Message-Id: <01bcf0cc$4177dbe0$0201a8c0@odin.mountaintop.org>
> To: best-of-security@cyber.com.au
> 
> Luckily, there is a fix for the Cyrix lockup bug:
> 
> http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix/p11.html
> 
> ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------
> Date:          Thu, 13 Nov 1997 20:34:32 -0500 (EST)
> To:            web-consultants@just4u.com
> From:          Rainmaker <mosaic1@ix.netcom.com>
> Reply-to:      web-consultants@just4u.com
> Subject:       WC:>: More chip problems
> BUGS GALORE: INTEL, CYRIX FIGHT GLITCHES IN THEIR CHIPS
>    http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C16312%2C00.html?nd (Intel)
>    http://www.news.com/News/Item/0%2C4%2C16347%2C00.html?nd (Cyrix)
> This week, the chip world seems to have more bugs than Starship
> Troopers.
> Intel has posted a bug fix for Linux servers for its "FO" bug, and a chip
> from Cyrix may have a bug similar to Intel's
> ---------------------
> Linux - Where do you want to go tomorrow?
> http://www.debian.org
> t r o y @ d a k o t a . n e t
> http://www.dakota.net/~troy
> 
> -----End of forwarded message-----
> 
> --
> Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr

does anyone know FreeBSD on a Pentium II /233 MHZ problem ?


Eric.



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