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Date:      Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:04:43 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        "Geoff C. Marshall" <count@ozemail.com.au>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: F00F ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971224150312.10003U-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <349F84D6.7B06E691@ozemail.com.au>

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On Tue, 23 Dec 1997, Geoff C. Marshall wrote:

> Pardon,
>         What is a F00F error ? 

F00F, or ``the F00F bug'' refers to a bug in the Intel Pentium chips that
allows userland programs to lock up the CPU. 

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major





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