Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 21 Jul 1999 09:14:05 +0100 | From | Steve Dodd <> | Subject | Re: Linux 2.2.11pre2 proposed patch |
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On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:24:52AM +0100, BOSZORMENYI Zoltan wrote:
> > Note that there are two different techniques for working around the bug: > > > > - set the NO_LOCK bit in CR<whatever>; can cause problems in obscure > > circumstances (Alan mentioned a graphics / accelerator card problem) > > To repeat myself: this crept into linux-2.2.8, ...
I know. I may have said 2.2.7 in a previous message by accident.
> > > - do some undocumented magic provided by (or reverse engineered from) > > Cyrix, that seems to modify the CPU behaviour when executing the > > offending instruction, making to do a noop afterwards. I don't know > > of any problems caused by this. > > ... and this is already in 2.2.10. Don't you guys read the code others > write? > :-(
I was summarising the two different fixes and any associated problem as I understand them. I know about them *because* I read the code; what's your problem?
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