FYI: Pentium OverDrive PODP83 doesn't have f00f-bug

Harald Koenig (koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Fri, 14 Nov 1997 11:13:14 +0100


in case you don't know (and for your code detecting/deciding if the
bug workaround is needed):

my Pentium OverDrive PODP-83 doesn't suffer this F00F bug, it won't
crash with plain 2.0.30 (plus some unrelated patches).

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
cpu : 586
model : OverDrive PODP5V83
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
stepping : 2
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : yes
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr cx8
bogomips : 52.33

Harald

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