I do not think so at all. Test platform : Linux 2.2.12, test machine : PII
400MHZ, 64MB RAM. test Environment : XFree86 3.3.5 running with a few
terminal applications open. Program compiled and run as ordinary user.
Warning while compiling :
gcc test.c
test.c: In function `main':
test.c:5: warning: initialization from incompatible pointer type
(where test.c is the name of the source file)
Output :
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
Unless I have done something very out of the ordinary, I did not
experiance the bug that you have described.
yours,
venu
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, linux 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.
>
>
>
>
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