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Re: Pentium bug
- To: root <root at jacob dot remcomp dot fr>
- Subject: Re: Pentium bug
- From: Alex <garbanzo at hooked dot net>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 00:13:32 +0000 (GMT)
- cc: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, root wrote:
> For Linux users, it may be interesting to know that Linus Torwalds has added
> a patch to Linux that solves the newly discovered bug with a software
> correction as proposed by Intel.
Last I heard the two patches/fixes available had major pitfalls. From
what I've seen, I'd agree. The Linux fix is an ugly hack, and the BSDI
one (last I saw), forgot all about vm86 mode. *yich*. I hope (but doubt)
that MS will incorporate a better fix into 95 NT and 98.
- alex
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