Name: yyT116575 Date: 12/06/2000


java version "1.3.0_01"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0_01)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0_01, mixed mode)


When using a VIA Cyrix III CPU, executing the javac compiler (or javaw.exe and
java.exe) causes an "abnormal program termination". Apparently, the program
checks for a CPU Family 6, then executes the FUCOMIP instruction. This
instruction is not implemented in the Cyrix III processor, and its presence (or
absence) can be detected with CPUID (see intel's Pentium Architecture Vol.1
Chap. 10)
(Review ID: 113262)
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