Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 3 Apr 1999 13:30:34 +1200 | From | Chris Wedgwood <> | Subject | Re: Removing F00F bug Support... |
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On Thu, Apr 01, 1999 at 05:55:54PM -0800, Rayson Ho wrote:
> Does the F00F bug fix code makes the kernel > slower/bigger than it needs to be?
Only a tiny bit bigger (bytes, not kbytes). As for the speed differences, none under normal circumstances.
> If so, is there a simple way to remove it for non P5 machines?
Arguably... kernels for P6 and above don't need this code, but only for kernel that _require_ P6 and above and won't boot otherwise, else we end up with insecure kernels.
-cw
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