Re: Definition of Kernel BUG

Rik van Riel (H.H.vanRiel@fys.ruu.nl)
Thu, 11 Dec 1997 13:29:24 +0100 (MET)


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,

Rik.
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