Re: Cyrix bug: freeze in hell, badboy

From: rho (rhoat_private)
Date: Fri Feb 05 1999 - 15:04:16 PST

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    On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, John Byrne wrote:
    
    >
    > I have done some research into this situation, and I've found that it's mostly
    > related to the 75Mhz Cyrix Bus.  I recommend that if you are running that
    > speed, you step it down to 66mhz.
    
    
      This exploit froze my CPU up at both 75Mhz and 66Mhz, so I'm back at
    75Mhz (it freezes faster :).  I'm running Linux 2.0.37pre5.  Relevant
    info:
    
    $ cat /proc/cpuinfo
    processor       : 0
    cpu             : 686
    model           : 6x86MX
    vendor_id       : CyrixInstead
    stepping        : 2.6, core/bus clock ratio: 2.5x
    fdiv_bug        : no
    hlt_bug         : no
    f00f_bug        : no
    fpu             : yes
    fpu_exception   : yes
    cpuid           : yes
    wp              : yes
    flags           : fpu de tsc msr cx8 pge cmov mmx
    bogomips        : 187.60
    $ cat /proc/version
    Linux version 2.0.37 (root@turtle) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #6 Thu Feb 4 03:39:25 EST 1999
    $
    
    
    -Jason
    



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