Re: movb lockup - test result (?)

From: Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.clara.co.uk)
Date: Mon Apr 24 2000 - 10:48:20 EST

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On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Admin Mailing Lists wrote:

> I have a dual ppro 200 and would like to try out this test for you,
> but what are the consequences? Is there any chances of data
> corruption? What's the expected time to complete the test?

None whatsoever. "Lockups" in this program's context merely means the
program just deadlocks - no other effects should be expected. You can use
^C to get out of the program when it deadlocks.

HTH.

Cheers,
Alex

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