George Gensure wrote:

> I build the 2.4.3 #5 kernel from the CVS source, and have had some  
> trouble with specific programs.  I get illegal instruction errors on  
> find and tar.  Is there anything I can do to correct this?

I'm guessing you're running into the sys_sysmips problem. A patch has 
not yet been applied to the oss.sgi.com kernel.  I've attached a patch 
from Florian that seems to work well and should apply cleanly.

Pete