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1997 Nov 10
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Re: Pentium CPU hang status report.
...cally if it simply halts, and no more changes are
incurred in most of the processor.
At the moment it seems that:
- All Intel-socket7 processors are affected: Pentium, Pentium-MMX.
- Cyrix (= IBM) processors fall for a closely similar prank, but
that can be configured away. (Use set6x86 for this).
- AMDs are immune to this.
- 486s, Pentium Pros and Pentium IIs don''t fall for this.
- I expect 386''s to behave, Overdrive processors to fail.
Some claim this is really bad. But keep in mind that anybody who "can
execute arbitrary code on your machin...