Messages in this thread | | | From | "Ulrich Windl" <> | Date | Fri, 12 Apr 1996 08:40:14 +0100 | Subject | Re: hardware problems |
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On 10 Apr 96 at 21:59, Alan Cox wrote:
> > > I'm afraid the default should be reliable operation, using a link > > > to broken_hw.h. There are too many pieces of junk out there. > > > Maybe even assume i386 if broken_hw.h is selected. > > 386 can be broken, too (was it multiply or divide?) > > Two 386 bugs of major note: > 1. POPAD with a prefix (16/32bit in the opposite mode crashes some CPUs) > 2. 32bit MUL is faulty in some _very_early_ 386 chips > > Also 486 bugs including: > 1. Ability to write outside of your segments by about 4 bytes with a > really dubious complex to set up trick. > > See www.x86.org some day - some quite fun pentium/486/386 features > > Alan
We should design the "Ready for Linux" logo now! ;-) (My PC already has the "linux inside" sticker from the German IX magazine)
Ulrich
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