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SubjectRe: Removing F00F bug Support...
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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