From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (970903.SGI.8.8.7/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id NAA507454 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:57:34 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA27909 for linux-list; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:55:04 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id NAA27892; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:55:01 -0800 Received: from dm.cobaltmicro.com ([209.19.61.51]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id NAA08080; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:54:54 -0800 env-from (davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com) Received: (from davem@localhost) by dm.cobaltmicro.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id NAA08722; Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:49:47 -0800 Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 13:49:47 -0800 Message-Id: <199711142149.NAA08722@dm.cobaltmicro.com> From: "David S. Miller" To: ariel@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com CC: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com In-reply-to: <199711142117.NAA27890@oz.engr.sgi.com> (ariel@oz.engr.sgi.com) Subject: Re: Pentium F00F bug Linux workaround References: <199711142117.NAA27890@oz.engr.sgi.com> Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk We also got some good press from it pretty fast after we released the fixes: http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,16312,00.html Whats extremely humorous is that BSDI signed an NDA with Intel to get early fix techniques told to them by Intel engineers. But the NDA stated they could not release patch sets for BSDI until Intel said so, the thinking on Intel's part is that they wanted nobody to be the first with a fix. BSDI overlooked this and put the fix out, then quickly took the fixes down once they released they had breached the Intel NDA. After the Linux fix was already out, Intel engineers spoke with Linus and tried to get him to sign an NDA, I've never laughed so hard in my life. Later, David S. Miller davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com