Re: F00F

Andre M. Hedrick (hedrick@astro.dyer.vanderbilt.edu)
Tue, 1 Sep 1998 12:10:08 -0500 (CDT)


Are you by chance using a new BIOS on a Tyan board?
This something that I have noticed, also. If I revert to an older bios
I get the F00F to report again.

On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, George wrote:

>
> Linux moving.van.ml.org 2.1.119 #1 SMP Sun Aug 30 01:30:51 EDT 1998 i586 unknown
>
> processor : 1
> cpu family : 5
> model : Pentium 75+
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> stepping : 12
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> sep_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no <- Unless my P133 was 'fixed' lately, uhh...
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 apic
> bogomips : 52.84
>
> I do see the 'Intel Pentium with F0 0F bug - workaround enabled.' message,
> but last time someone else reported this a week or so ago, they said they
> could f00f their machine anyway.
>
> At the very least it's misleading.
>
> -George
>
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