Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 14:45:00 -0600 From: Kenny Hanson <khanson@pdspc.com> To: "FreeBSD Hackers (E-mail)" <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Newest Pentium bug (fatal) Message-ID: <91DD7FDA88E4D011BED00000C0DD87E7124C6F@pds-gateway.pdspc.com>
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This is kind of sick, but I compiled this code on a 233MMX under Win95
(I don't have a FBSD box running with a 233) and sure enough! Locked
solid!!!
Hmmm....
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Trulson [SMTP:jon@XiG.com]
> Sent: Friday, November 07, 1997 1:41 PM
> To: Julian Elischer
> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: Newest Pentium bug (fatal)
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> CPU: Pentium (89.81-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x524 Stepping=4
> Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>On Fri, 7 Nov 1997,
> Julian Elischer wrote:
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> > Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 10:39:24 -0800
> > From: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>
> > To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: Newest Pentium bug (fatal)
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> > On a "genuine Intel" pentium (not pentium pro)
> > execution of the following sequence, 0xf0 0x0f 0xc7 0xc8
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> > will stop the processor. This is doable from user mode and in
> > 16bitmode, or in fact any mode.
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> > try the following c program.
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> > unsigned char x[] = { 0xfo, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
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> > main ()
> > {
> > void (*f)(void) = x;
> > f();
> > }
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> Ouch. Kills every p5 (in user mode no-less) I've tried it on...
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