Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:29:24 +0100 (MET) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: Definition of Kernel BUG |
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On Thu, 11 Dec 1997, Alistair Riddell wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Royans K Tharakan wrote: > > What is a Kernel BUG ?? > > I don't think you can call a kernel buggy because root can crash it - by > its very nature, root can do anything. > > cat /dev/urandom > /dev/kmem is always going to do nasty things as root, > securelevels aside.
I'd like to second this. This error clearly falls under:
"User error. Replace user and press any key..."
just a thought,
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