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Re: Pentium bug
- To: Alex <garbanzo at hooked dot net>
- Subject: Re: Pentium bug
- From: Peter Dalgaard BSA <p dot dalgaard at biostat dot ku dot dk>
- Date: 16 Nov 1997 14:34:40 +0100
- Cc: root <root at jacob dot remcomp dot fr>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <Pine.BSI.3.95.971116001153.18430C-100000@fish.hooked.net>
Alex <garbanzo@hooked.net> writes:
> Last I heard the two patches/fixes available had major pitfalls. From
> what I've seen, I'd agree. The Linux fix is an ugly hack, and the BSDI
> one (last I saw), forgot all about vm86 mode. *yich*. I hope (but doubt)
> that MS will incorporate a better fix into 95 NT and 98.
Last I've seen, the Linux "hack" was identical to the official Intel
workaround...
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