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Re: Pentium bug


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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