On Fri, 08 Mar 1996 15:26:15 +0100 Lukas Eppler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> There was a message in my newspaper this morning > (Tages-Anzeiger,17.Nov.97, Switzerland, www.tages-anzeiger.ch) > Which said the following (translated, my english isn't perfect) > --------- > New Pentium bug > > Intel has confirmed the Bug in their Pentium chips which was discovered > recently, with which a PC can crash upon the machine code "F00FC7C8". This > should apply only to Pentium machines which are running under a multi user > system (like Unix). There are already sold defender programs against this > so-called "F0"-Bug, which search programs like virus scanners for the > fatal code. > ---------- > This sounds like a "don't use linux" statement from intel. They don't even > mention Windows NT, which is a multi user platform, too. And why the hell > has this something to do with multi user systems? Is the mentioned code in > use with debian linux? Nah, don't worry: 1) Linux has already a patch against it (2.0.32-pre5, soon to be 2.0.32), 2) Intel has been estonishingly linux-friendly (Linux went to their headquarters discussing the linux patch, they mention Linux on the web page they devoted to the bug) 3) NT is not multi-user, it's sequential multi-user (and even that, badly). I mean, you cannot telnet onto an NT box and crash an other user session (hence sequential). Furthermore, IMHO, it doesn't need a pentium bug to crash it. Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .