I have tried this on my AMD K6 -- just for fun.
And it was FUN!
Only respond: "Illegal Instruction"
Linux and all other things were
working very well after this --
as usual.
So, AMD is ok.... ;-)
KEEP HACKING!
meino
On 09-Nov-97 Nathan A. Mourey II wrote:
> Please Read this!
>
> The letter that my friends (tledbett@servtech.com and bhoward@servtech.com
> ) gave me that is attached. This is the new bug:
>
> ------- cut -----------
> char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
> main ()
> {
> void (*f)() = x;
> f();
> }
> ----- cut -------------
> ^--- Compile it and run it.
>
> Can it be fixed?
>
> This is very bad for intel! Is this maybe why thay bought the Alpha?
>
> Sorry didn;t format this well thought it more importate that the info
> got out quick. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT INTEL CHIPSET PLEASE DON'T
> ASK ME ANYTHING TECHINAL! Just compile it and run it. ( Don't be running
> anything critical! )