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Okay, so I'm trying to figure out whether this bug report about CMake crashing on qemu-alpha-user with an Illegal Instruction is user-mode related or system-mode related. Let's break it down.
First, I know that QEMU can run in two modes: user mode and system mode. User mode allows running binaries compiled for different architectures without needing the full virtual machine setup. System mode, on the other hand, emulates a complete computer system, including hardware devices and an operating system.
The bug report mentions "qemu-alpha-user", which specifically refers to QEMU's user-mode emulation for the Alpha architecture. So that tells me it's about running applications in user space rather than emulating a full OS or hardware setup.
CMake is a tool used to build projects, so if it crashes when using qemu-alpha-user, it's likely happening within the application being tested or during the build process. Since CMake doesn't require high privileges and runs as a regular user, this would fall under user-mode operations.
Additionally, Illegal Instruction errors usually occur when an application encounters an instruction that the CPU can't execute. In this case, since it's using QEMU's user mode, it's probably trying to run code for the Alpha architecture on a different host, and there might be some incompatibility or bug specific to how QEMU handles that translation in user-mode.
Putting it all together: the crash is happening in user-mode because we're using qemu-alpha-user, which is meant for running applications without full system emulation. The issue doesn't involve higher privileges or emulating hardware devices, so it's more about the application execution rather than the system setup.
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