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Re: pentium
On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Itai Tzur wrote:
> Hi,
> yairlib wrote:
> > I'm lately a bit out of the flow.
> > Anyway, about the pentium bug you talked previously, what
> > processors does it affect? Does it affect p166 mmx?
> ...
> A software "workaround" has been found for this bug, and is includedin
> the 2.1.63 kernel, and in the later 2.0.32pre? kernels.
>
> It seems there's no need to worry about this.
Provided that you've downloaded the kernel within the past week and a
half. Everyone else with a Pentium (but not Pentium MMX or Pentium II)
DOES have to worry enough to download the latest kernel or at least
install the patch.
As fast as the kernel guys are nowadays, not even they are so quick that
they can install patches into the kernel before the bugs are found! :-)
> -Itai
Eliyahu