Re: News of BSDI Pentium Death Fix?

linux kernel account (linker@nightshade.z.ml.org)
Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:00:48 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 12 Nov 1997, Alan Cox wrote:

> > I dont know about anyone else here, but losing my internal cache is not at
> > all in option, the performance is absolutly positivly not an option.
>
> Ingo already has the L1 cache fix. It isnt a good option, but worse than
> that its an absolute non option for SMP boxes, and they are the folks who
> can't walk down the road any swap to K6 CPU's

I know.. I'm running smp here..

MY option, (if they have no real fix) is to send unpleasant letters to
intel until I get a full refund for what I payed (which would be enough to
buy a dual P2/233)..