Re: whee, first Linux workaround for the F0 0F bug found!
Troels Arvin (root@pc252.studmed.ku.dk)
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:11:48 +0100
Linus wrote:
> I have a quick cleanup of 2.1.63 that looks a bit better wrt the F0 0F
> bug, and also avoids the double SMP unlock that somebody noticed (sorry
> for not giving attribution, I've been pretty rushed today trying to get
> the stuff out quickly to people to test).
>
> I still don't have any pentium closeby to actually test this, so I'm
> appending patches relative to 2.1.63. Does this still work for people with
> the bug?
>
> Linus
>
> -----
> diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.1.63/linux/arch/i386/mm/fault.c linux/arch/i386/mm/fault.c
> --- v2.1.63/linux/arch/i386/mm/fault.c Wed Nov 12 13:34:25 1997
> +++ linux/arch/i386/mm/fault.c Wed Nov 12 13:33:48 1997
[...]
I applied the patch to 2.1.63 and now my Pentium is immune to the
Pentium bug.
Great!
My system: Intel Pentium (classic) 133, VX-based motherboard. RedHat
4.9.1/glibc2, gcc version egcs-2.90.14p 971023.
Greetings from Troels Arvin, Copenhagen, Denmark
http://www.mdb.ku.dk/tarvin/