On my kernel compiled from 2.4.18-2.4.18-14.3 source code, plus the patch:
http://linuxreviews.org/news/2004/06/11_kernel_crash/24_kernel_ia32-and-x86_64-fix-fpu-state.patch.txt which is just adding one command in one header file: include/asm-i386/i387.h - asm volatile("fwait"); \ + asm volatile("fnclex ; fwait"); \ this compiled and installed OK. As an ordinary user, i compiled the proof-of-bug code with gcc 2.95.4 and it did not crash the box, but instead it output a non-stop string of "." to the screen and used 99% of CPU until i killed it. hope this helps boud
