Date: Tue, 18 Nov 1997 06:39:21 +0000 (GMT) From: homey <hometeam@techpower.net> To: KATO Takenori <kato@migmatite.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp> Cc: Pierre.Beyssac@hsc.fr, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: now a Cyrix processor bug Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971118063630.9708A-100000@techpower.net> In-Reply-To: <199711181030.TAA06758@gneiss.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
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Would this be added to the config file in the kernel or can this be added
to rc.local also?
CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK
Also is there any info on the options for cyrix in freebsd?
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On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, KATO Takenori 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).
>
> 3.0-current and RELENG_2_2 (including 2.2.5) have following option:
>
> CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK
>
> which enables weak locking. Because I didn't know of the Coma bug,
> and recomended setting of NO_LOCK bit is 0 in the BIOS writer's guide,
> NO_LOCK bit is not modified when above option is not set. Because SMP
> of FreeBSD doesn't support non-Intel chipsets, CPU_CYRIX_NO_LOCK
> options may have no harmful effect.
>
> Also, another fix via special registers is propsed. But, Cyrix
> doesn't disclose the meanings of such registers. When Cyrix discloses
> the meaning of registers, I will implement latter fix.
>
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> KATO Takenori <kato@ganko.eps.nagoya-u.ac.jp>
> Dept. Earth Planet. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Nagoya, 464-01, Japan
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