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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: Bugs aren't features: X86_FEATURE_FXSAVE_LEAK
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 10:47:58 -0700 (PDT)
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Followup to:  <445CDED0.4070402@shaw.ca>
By author:    Robert Hancock <hancockr@shaw.ca>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> > 
> > I have a dual CPU system (Tyan Tomcat 1564D) where only one CPU is
> > reported to have the F00F bug (iirc).  So yes, there can be
> > SMP-systems where the CPU's have different bugs.
> 
> Point being, not this bug..
> 

However, *MY* point is that we should have a uniform infrastructure
for bugs, just like we now have for features.

	-hpa