Specification Update
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Errata
58 Specification Update
W59. LOCK# Asserted during a Special Cycle Shutdown
Transaction May Unexpectedly Deassert
Problem: During a processor shutdown transaction, when LOCK# is asserted and
if a DEFER# is received during a snoop phase and the Locked
transaction is pipelined on the front side bus (FSB), LOCK# may
unexpectedly deassert.
Implication: When this erratum occurs, the system may hang during shutdown.
Intel has not observed this erratum with any commercially-available
systems or software.
Workaround: None identified.
Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.
W60. Last Branch Records (LBR) Updates May Be Incorrect
after a Task Switch
Problem: A Task-State Segment (TSS) task switch may incorrectly set the
LBR_FROM value to the LBR_TO value.
Implication: The LBR_FROM will have the incorrect address of the Branch
Instruction.
Workaround: None identified.
Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.
W61. Address Reported by Machine-Check Architecture (MCA)
on Single-bit L2 ECC Errors May Be Incorrect
Problem: When correctable single-bit ECC errors occur in the L2 cache the
address is logged in the MCA address register (MCi_ADDR). Under some
scenarios, the address reported may be incorrect.
Implication: Software should not rely on the value reported in MCi_ADDR, for
Single-bit L2 ECC errors.
Workaround: None identified.
Status: For the steppings affected, see the Summary Tables of Changes.