Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Jul 1999 19:15:53 +0100 | From | Steve Dodd <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix "coma bug" fix was deleted from pre-2.3.10-4 |
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On Tue, Jul 06, 1999 at 07:00:26PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Because the fix in 2.3.10 is plain wrong,
Hmm. I can't find any docs on the registers it was twiddling, but from a hexdump of the .COM file Cyrix give as their work around, it looks like the 2.3.6-2.3.10 code was doing the same thing.
> and because it can be done by > set6x86 quite nicely anyway.
In which case can it at least still shout about the bug when it finds it? People who were used to the 2.2 behaviour will get a bit of shock when 2.4 materialises.
Also, does this mean the distributions (e.g. Redhat? :) are going to detect the CPU type on start-up and run set6x86 appropriately? No, I didn't think so..
BTW Alan - ORBS has got one of the Demon relays again, so I can't mail you direct. I'm off to bang some heads together at Demon towers, if I can.
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