From: simon@icpdd.neca.nec.com.au (Simon A. Crase) Subject: Re: WARNING: Serious Pentium Bug 9 Nov 1997 19:35:12 -0800 Message-ID: <34665C1E.1AE.cygnus.gnu-win32@icpdd.neca.nec.com.au> References: Reply-To: simon@icpdd.neca.nec.com.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Wolfram Steinke Cc: gnu-win32@cygnus.com Anonymous wrote: > > There is a SERIOUS bug in all pentium CPUs. The following > code will crash any machine running on a pentium CPU, MMX or no > MMX, any speed, regardless of OS (crash as in instant seize, hard > reboot the only cure): > > char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 }; > > main () > { > void (*f)() = x; > f(); > } > > This require no special permissions to run, it works fine with > average-joe-userspace permissions. I have verified this, it works. > Demand a new CPU from Intel. > > - > For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to > "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help". -- Simon A. Crase @..@ simon@icpdd.neca.nec.com.au c/o NEC Australia Pty. Ltd. (----) Voice: +61 3 9264 3070 649-655 Springvale Road ( >--< ) Fax: +61 3 9264 3841 Mulgrave, VIC 3170, Australia ^^ ~~ ^^ "78.45 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot." - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".