Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Dec 1997 18:06:55 +0200 (EET) | From | Tuukka Toivonen <> | Subject | Re: Pentium bug fix |
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On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Gerard Paul Java wrote:
>I'm already running 2.0.32 which fixes the f00f bug. However, I'm very >curious as to exactly how the invalid opcode was trapped. I have the
Intel pages describe this older workaround: http://support.intel.com/support/processors/pentium/ppiie/descrip.htm#Workaround
However, in 2.0.33 and never Linux kernels an another workaround (a better one) is used.
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