Missing creditation on Cyrix coma bug

Alan Cox (alan@LXORGUK.UKUU.ORG.UK)
Tue, 11 Nov 1997 15:07:27 +0000

> BTW, Alan, next time you post somebody else's piece of code to Bugtraq,
> could you mention the original author's name and email address? It seems
> quite a basic rule in a GPL environment like GNU/Linux.

I didnt know it was your specific piece of code I was under the impression
it was picked straight from the reference. I extend my fullest apologies.

[Cc'd to bugtraq since I believe you are owed that correction there, and
I suspect many will be interested in the Cyrix work around you have]

> I wouldn't have minded getting a copy of your post too, since I was the
> first one to find a decent workaround for the bug the code exposes.

> Andrew D. Balsa
> Home Page: http://www.tux.org/~balsa
> andrewbalsa@usa.net