Re: Debian and Pentium 4
www.linux.com/hardware/newsitem.phtml?sid=26&aid=11457
Very interesting article. Shows why working together and free updates
are important to quality systems.
-D
On Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 12:37:39PM -0700, Ray Percival wrote:
| I can't get to linux.com just now to find the article but basically
| it is Microshaft's fault. It seems that had Intel used the same
| versioning for cpuid that they have used up untill now it would
| have broken NT/2000 in a very bad way. (All the details are in
| the linux.com article I can't seem to get to right now) In any case
| Intel hacked the P4 to not break winders but they broke everything
| else in the meantime. This is one of the reasons why I will only
| use AMB for x86 boxen. When I can find the link I'll post it.
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