Jason Thorpe wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 8 Nov 1997 15:58:10 +0100 (MET)
>  Markus Illenseer <markus@core.de> wrote:
> 
>  >  Forwared from a Linux group, are we vulnerable as well? See attached
>  > source code.
> 
> It's not a software bug.  It's a hardware bug.  Yes, it appears that
> certain steppings of Pentium processors have a bug that causes that
> wedges the processor solid.
> 
> Seems as if some older Pentiums (i.e. old 66MHz models) aren't affected; I
> sent a test program to a friend at Sequent, and it did not kill the
> dual-processor Sequent system he tested it on.
> 
> I tried it on my Pentium Pro system, and it (correctly) caused an illegal
> instruction fault.

My AMD K6 system does not seem to be effected either...

> 
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