dmesg says CPU has Pentium F0 0F bug..../proc/cpuinfo says it hasnt
Ralf Corsepius
rc040203 at freenet.de
Fri Jun 30 02:29:36 UTC 2006
On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 03:15 +0100, 0 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> dmesg indicates my CPU has the Pentium F0 0F bug...
> But looking at /proc/cpuinfo indicates the opposite:
>
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : GenuineIntel
> cpu family : 5
> model : 4
> model name : Pentium MMX
> stepping : 3
> cpu MHz : 232.300
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> *f00f_bug : no*
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx
> bogomips : 465.42
>
> Think there may be a bug in cpuinfo, because I'm sure I remember it used
> to say yes for the f00f_bug.
>
> Any thoughts?
Interesting - Your remark caused me to check my ca. 10 years old i586,
who had been reported to suffer from the f00f bug since it exists,
and ... I am observing the same.
I'd say file a bug into bugzilla.
Ralf
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