kernel divide error

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I'd like to better understand the possible causes of a kernel divide error
as indicated by the do_divide_error() routine (expanded from the
DO_VM86_ERROR macro). I'm unfamiliar with the internals of the x86
processor (and thus I am lost when I hit the assembly) but it is clear this
is some kind of math exception happening within the kernel. Is it
reasonable to attribute this trap to faulty hardware, or should I look
elsewhere? The kernel is 2.0.33, btw.

thanks,
-bp

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B. James Phillippe		. bryan@terran.org
Software Engineer, WGT Inc.	. http://www.terran.org/~bryan


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