Subject: Re: SparcStation 5 vs. 10
To: Grey Wolf <greywolf@siteROCK.com>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@MIT.EDU>
List: port-sparc
Date: 06/01/2000 12:43:59
<greywolf@siteROCK.com> (Grey Wolf) writes:
> On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, matthew green wrote:
>
> # oh but [SS5/170s] have that *lovely* CPU bug!
> #
>
> UH oh: Enlighten me? Which CPU bug is this?
There's a short instruction sequence (something like an unconditional
branch to offset 0 with a NOP in the delay slot, but it's been a
while) that wedges the CPU solid.
- Nathan