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[ale] Linux P5 f00f fix and idt
- Subject: [ale] Linux P5 f00f fix and idt
- From: jason at alltel.net (Jason Boyles)
- Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 10:07:56 -0500 (EST)
This fix for the f00f bug is rather clever.
I didn't realize that these invalid instruction sequences
resulted in the calling of low interrupts, so a fix of this nature was
quite a surprise, for me anyway.
Anyone want to give any background on the fix in light of Alan's
BUGTRAQ announcement?
Exactly what happens to result in these interrupts being called?
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Jason Boyles <jason at alltel.net>