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SubjectRe: Pentium DEATH and Cyrix COMA in user-mode

On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Andre Derrick Balsa wrote:

> I am still trying to find the best solution to the new Cyrix bug.
>
> Richard, this would perhaps provide a solution to the Pentium F0 bug
> too. Is there any (documented or undocumented) way to enable some sort
> of Weak Locking on Pentiums?

The pentium bug is caused by the chip executing an invalid opcode - its
really a very different bug from the cyrix bug.... I doubt
enabling/disabling anything is going to help with the pentium bug.

later,
Andrew Kieschnick




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