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by digi_owl 4020 days ago
Heh, i still recall my early encounters with Linux and reading the bootup messages.

One of them contained a line related to having found a CPU bug and having put a workaround in place.

I am not entirely sure, but i think it may have been the F00F bug.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_F00F_bug

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Ha. Reminded me of the Pentium Floating Point Bug from the 90s. First (only?) time a CPU bug has been an international press story?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug