From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Nov 18 15:06:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id PAA02887 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:06:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp) Received: from rainey.blueneptune.com (root@rainey.blueneptune.com [207.104.147.238]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id PAA02882 for ; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:06:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from michael@blueneptune.com) From: michael@blueneptune.com Received: (from michael@localhost) by rainey.blueneptune.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) id PAA22592 for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:13:53 -0800 Message-Id: <199711182313.PAA22592@rainey.blueneptune.com> Subject: FreeBSD fix for Intel Pentium "f00f" bug? To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 15:13:53 -0800 (PST) Reply-To: michael@blueneptune.com X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24 ME8b] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I haven't seen a reply yet to my message from last week, and I am still wondering what we can expect in terms of a patch for FreeBSD for the Pentium invalid instruction bug. A fix has been integrated into BSDI and Linux, and it is important for FreeBSD-based ISPs to get a fix, to protect any Pentium system which allows general user access. I haven't seen any official statement from the FreeBSD team yet, at least not in the freebsd-announce or freebsd-isp groups. Here's the URL for Intel's information on this: http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentium/ppiie/index.htm -- Michael Bryan michael@blueneptune.com