What do panic messages mean?

[The Beach Bum]

In article <446 at sysco>, chapman at sco.COM (brian chapman) writes:
] In article <2375 at rpp386.UUCP> jfh at rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes:
] [ DNA trap in kernel mode
] [ 
] [ now, what i want to know is what is a DNA trap?  does this mean the
] [ machine has been genetically mutated?
] 
] On the chance that this is a serious question I will attempt
] to answer it.
] DNA is Device Not Availible (floating point device, that is)
] Meaning the kernel is executing *87 instructions.  Or trying to.
] -- 
] Brian Chapman	 uunet!sco!chapman

OK - i thought it was a typo version of DMA trap.  now that i know
its True Meaning(tm), how come i don't see it when i am executing
80387 instructions?  i mean, i use floating point code, but never
see the message.  does this only apply if the kernel thought there
was an 80387 and then later found out it had disappeared?  you've
made me curious now!

- john.
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