Re: Privileged Instruction exception

From: Jochen Kalmbach (nospam-Jochen.Kalmbach_at_holzma.de)
Date: 07/28/04


Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 01:07:38 -0700


=?Utf-8?B?RGlhbW9uZERhdmU=?= wrote:

> but for some reason I get a C0000096 exception (Privileged
> Instruction). Any ideas why I can't execute this instruction?
>
> MOVDQA xmm0, src+0; 10002975 movdqa

Are you sure your processor does support SSE2 !?
What is the content of CPUID.SSE2 !?

Is your data correctly aligned !? (16-byte bondary!)

See: IA-32 Intel(R) Architecture Software Developer's Manual
http://developer.intel.com/design/pentium4/manuals/253665.htm

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  Jochen