Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!bellcore!bellcore-2!rutgers!usc!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!hpcc01!hpcuhb!hpda!hpcupt1!pdg From: pdg@hpcupt1.HP.COM (Paul Gootherts) Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Crash a RISC machine from user-mode code: Message-ID: <5940038@hpcupt1.HP.COM> Date: 15 Aug 90 17:25:20 GMT References: <1826@mountn.dec.com> Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino Lines: 8 I tried this on an HP9000 Series 800 Model 835 (a PA-RISC machine) and it did not crash. The program got an "Illegal Instruction" and dumped core, but nothing worse happened (I ran the program several times). Paul Gootherts Hewlett-Packard Co Internet: pdg@hpda.hp.com UUCP: {hplabs,ucbvax}!hpda!pdg