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SubjectRe: Bus Errors!
On Sat, 7 Feb 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > fault; #AC for unaligned memory reference if the current privilege level
> > is 3.
> >
> > Note the #AC only occurs in user-mode.
>
> You dont get #AC off that alignment error, you get invalid instruction
>

Only if you attempt the lock prefix and don't own what you are attempting
to swap (remember the f0 0f bug).


Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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