Triggering Machine Check Exceptions on x86

From: Kalyan Rajasekharuni
Date: Wed Mar 22 2006 - 20:20:55 EST


I would like to trigger a Machine Check Exception soley by a 'software mechanism' on my x86 box. The idea is to test my machine check exception handler thoroughly. I want a reliable way which will generate this exception every time when I run the software code snippet.


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