> No new features to add, but you may want to change:
>
> 1) The NO_LOCK setting code which seems to be incorrect, as reported by
> Bryan Philippe on the Linux-kernel list, and properly warn that NO_LOCK
> is needed to guard against user-space attacks (security issue).
Already fixed (will be in next snapshot).
> 2) Add my one line change to time.c to account for the 6x86MX kernel
> oops.
Can you send me the patch (I've missed it)?
> 3) Note that the original 2.1.39 patch is almost useless without the
> excellent Cyrix documentation file included with it (which also has to
> be updated, BTW). I hope this file is included with the VGER CVS tree.
Yes, it is.
> 4) Finally, I suggest that you add a mention of the set6x86 utility
> (available on sunsite.unc.edu) by Koen Gadeyne, which Cyrix users can
> use to setup the ARR registers. Correctly setting the ARRs _may_ be
> needed to get a stable Linux box with a Cyrix CPU; it certainly won't
> hurt.
OK, I'll add it to the docs.
Have a nice fortnight
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