Re: Can't compile 2.4.3 with agcc

[David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>]

alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk said:
> At least make the final printk a panic.. 

ingo.oeser@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de said:
> replace this with panic() please.

I considered this, but in the end decided to copy the method from a few 
lines above, which triggers in the case of no FPU and no FPE. I wasn't sure 
if there was a reason why we shouldn't panic() here.

RCS file: /inst/cvs/linux/include/asm-i386/bugs.h,v
retrieving revision 1.2.2.16
diff -u -r1.2.2.16 bugs.h
--- include/asm/bugs.h	2001/01/18 13:56:53	1.2.2.16
+++ include/asm/bugs.h	2001/04/23 20:40:57
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@
 	 * Verify that the FXSAVE/FXRSTOR data will be 16-byte aligned.
 	 */
 	if (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.i387.fxsave) & 15) {
-		extern void __buggy_fxsr_alignment(void);
-		__buggy_fxsr_alignment();
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "FXSAVE data are not 16-byte aligned in task_struct.\n");
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "This is usually caused by a buggy compiler (perhaps pgcc?)\n");
+		panic("Cannot continue.");
 	}
 	if (cpu_has_fxsr) {
 		printk(KERN_INFO "Enabling fast FPU save and restore... ");


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