Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Jul 1999 20:50:12 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Cyrix "coma bug" fix was deleted from pre-2.3.10-4 |
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Hi!
> > [Cyrix coma bug removed in 2.3.10-pre4] > > > > > May I ask why? > > > > Search me, with 2.3.10-pre4 applied, the exploit works again (as expected, > > really); therefore you won't be able to run secure multi-user systems with > > 2.3.10+. > > Because the fix in 2.3.10 is plain wrong, and because it can be done by > set6x86 quite nicely anyway. That leaves the Cyrix486DLC bug to squash ;)
Alan, should not kernel at least warn that cpu is not working?
If I boot system I expect any hang to be kernel problem. Removing coma workaround and relying on set6x86 is wrong in my eyes. At least /proc/cpuinfo should read something like
BROKEN THIS CPU DOES NOT WORK
or something like that.
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