Comment 13 for bug 7293

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