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Date:      Sun, 17 May 1998 18:44:52 -0700
From:      Studded <Studded@dal.net>
To:        Peter Jeremy <peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Pentium F00F bug
Message-ID:  <355F9294.580BB181@dal.net>
References:  <199805172218.IAA03007@gsms01.alcatel.com.au>

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Peter Jeremy wrote:
> 
> There's an interesting article on the F00F bug by Robert Collins
> <rcollins@x86.org> in May Dr Dobbs Journal.  He discusses the adverse
> impacts of Intel's recommended work-arounds (one of which we use).

	When the bug was first described there was wide difference of opinion
on how it "should" be fixed. A more efficient way of doing it would
doubtlessly be a good thing, however given that no one who wanted a
better way to solve the problem has coded it yet, I don't anticipate it
happening any time soon. :)

Doug

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