[geeks] Solaris 9 changes

[David L Kindred (Dave)]

>>>>> "Scott" == Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au> writes:

    Scott> On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 07:48:58AM -0500, Mike Hebel wrote:

    Scott> There's a bug in the Ultra-SPARC I's.  When they are running
    Scott> in 64 bit mode there is a specific instruction code which
    Scott> will stall the processor. Basically, lock it solid.

    Scott> The specific instruction which does this is one which will
    Scott> never occur naturally - it's only a problem if someone does
    Scott> it maliciously. The specific instruction is NOT publically
    Scott> known, and is not even available to Sun staff - it's very
    Scott> much a "need to know" thing.

Right now dozens of college "pranksters" are writing programs to try and
execute every possible instruction value on the Ultra-SPARC I's in their
labs.........

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David L. Kindred
Unix Systems & Network Administrator
Telesciences, Inc.