Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Jun 2004 15:07:59 +0200 | From | Manfred Spraul <> | Subject | Re: Opteron bug |
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Andi wrote:
>The kernel never uses backwards REP prefixes. > > Huh? memmove uses backwards rep movsb on x86-64, at least in 2.6.5:
http://lxr.linux.no/source/arch/x86_64/lib/memmove.c?v=2.6.5;a=x86_64#L8
i386 is similar:
http://lxr.linux.no/source/include/asm-i386/string.h?v=2.6.5#L297
But the bug appears to be so rare that it shouldn't matter - lets wait for the microcode update. Btw, is there a runtime microcode updater for Opteron cpus, similar to the Intel microcode driver?
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