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Cute SPARC CPU bug
From: mycroft () MIT EDU (Charles M. Hannum)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 13:42:32 -0400
Compile the following: main(){while(1);} with `gcc -O' on a SPARC. You get, roughly: L1: b,a L1 retl Run it on a SS5/170. Notice the machine is completely wedged. Power-cycle it.
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