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Alexander Graf schrieb:
>=20
> On Mar 29, 2008, at 7:13 PM, Herv=E9 Poussineau wrote:
>=20
>> Hi,
>>
>> On i386/x86-64, CPU must reboot when a triple fault is detected.
>> Attached patch implements this behaviour.
>=20
> So what exactly does check_exception() in target-i386/helper.c do then?
> Should the cpu_reset call go in there?

It definitely should. Besides, I'd really like to have the CPU dump on
triple faults retained. In most cases, this will be a lot more useful
than a silent reboot.

Kevin