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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 13:14:52 -0500 (EST)
From: George Greer <greerga@m-l.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] moving F0 0F bug check to bugs.h
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On Sun, 18 Nov 2001, Dave Jones wrote:

>> We only check for the bug once so we might as well move it to check
>> the boot cpu only in bugs.h.
>
>Whilst not an ideal solution, some people do silly things like
>putting a P150 and a P166 clocked to 150 into SMP boxes.
>It could be possible for 1 CPU to have the bug whilst another doesn't.

All Pentium and Pentium/MMX have it, even the 233/MMX.  So unless you stuff
a Pentium 1 and a Pentium Pro in the same machine somehow, all will be
affected.

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 5
model           : 4
model name      : Pentium MMX
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 232.109
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
sep_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : yes
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 apic mmx
bogomips        : 463.66

-George Greer

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