Re: AMD Phenom L3 cache bug explained

On a sunny day (Thu, 6 Dec 2007 13:37:02 -0800 (PST)) it happened Robert
Myers
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As to AMD's cute little "bug," I suppose that everyone here knows that
>AMD published benchmark results with the bux-fix turned off, so the
>chip that actually works is significantly slower than advertised.

I have just read there is a Linux kernel with a fix  for the bug that
does _not_ slow down.
They emulate the accessed- und dirty-bits bits in software.
 https://www.x86-64.org/pipermail/discuss/2007-December/010260.html