Re: Pentium DEATH and Cyrix COMA in user-mode

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@ibm.net)
Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:14:45 -0500 (EST)


On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Andre Derrick Balsa wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am still trying to find the best solution to the new Cyrix bug.
>

(snip)

> Richard Johnson has already determined that libc does not use the LOCK
> instruction, so the only cause of a problem with enabling Weak Locking
> could be the kernel or a specific driver (e.g. an XFree video driver).
>

Isn't this up to the translator, or does libc actually contain assembler
source?

Steve