Re: Pentium F00F bug Linux workaround

[ralf@uni-koblenz.de]

On Fri, Nov 14, 1997 at 01:17:24PM -0800, Ariel Faigon wrote:
> [Just forwarding from linux-dev since I thought some people
>  may be interested.  Ingo Molnar has found a way to workaround
>  the latest Pentium/Pentium-MMX F00F bug. Linus then improved on it.
> 
>  I'm impressed by the repeatedly demonstrated ability of the Linux
>  community to beat Microsoft.  It remains to be seen how long it'll
>  take Microsoft to respond to this serious bug that can crash any
>  Windows/WindowsNT machine from user mode (incl. any remotely loaded
>  Captive-X control)]

The Linux kernel as well handles a CPU bug that QED / IDT still haven't
acknowledged to exist :-)

  Ralf