Re: 2.4.19 on Ultra1 - Will it work?

[Ian Chilton <mailinglist@ichilton.co.uk>]

Hello,

> A friend told me that the UltraSPARC CPU used in the Ultra1 and Ultra2
> machines has a bug. In 64bit mode one (ore more ?) instruction can
> deadlock the CPU.

> Is this true ?
> Which CPU's have this Bug ?
> How does Linux handle this ?


Thanks for the reply.. According to DaveM, the machine will only crash
with malicious code or crashme.

Apparently Sun wont disclose more info on the problem without signing of
an NDA which will prevent a linux fix being written anyway.


Bye for Now,

Ian