From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:19:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:19:27 -0500 Received: from mx01.nexgo.de ([151.189.8.96]:12811 "HELO mx01.nexgo.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 23 Jan 2001 16:19:21 -0500 Message-ID: <000c01c08581$ddd0d4e0$4983bd97@Homer> From: "Adrian Glaubitz" To: Subject: Bug in IA64 bootsector code ? Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 22:16:36 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01C0858A.269A4780" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C0858A.269A4780 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable hello, I was just browsing the kernel sources and discovered something strange: in file linux/arch/ia64/boot/bootloader.c, line 104: it says "volative" but i guess "volatile" was meant, I couldn't find that keyword in my gcc documentation either. #ifdef CONFIG_ITANIUM_ASTEP_SPECIFIC asm volative ("nop 0;; nop 0;; nop 0;;"); #endif /* CONFIG_ITANIUM_ASTEP_SPECIFIC */ Please tell me if this is a bug or just forget this mail when I err. My kernel version is 2.4.0 patched as follows: 1. downloaded and unpacked linux-2.4.0-test11.tar.gz to /usr/src/linux 2. patched with patch-2.4.0-test12.gz (zcat patch-2.4.0-test12.gz | = patch -p1) 3. patched with patch-2.4.0-prerelease.gz (zcat = patch-2.4.0-prerelease.gz | patch -p1) 4. patched with prerelease-to-final.gz (zcat prerelease-to-final.gz | = patch -p1) 5. patched with linux-2.4.0-reiserfs-3.6.25-patch.gz (zcat = linux-2.4.0-reiserfs-3.6.25-patch.gz | patch -p1) Kernel was downloaded from http://www.kernel.org, patches were = downloaded from http://www.kernel.org, ReiserFS patch was downloaded from = ftp://ftp.namesys.com/pub/reiserfs-for-2.4/ Adrian Glaubitz ------=_NextPart_000_0009_01C0858A.269A4780 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

hello,

I was just browsing the kernel sources = and=20 discovered

something strange:

in file = linux/arch/ia64/boot/bootloader.c, line=20 104:

it says "volative" but i guess "volatile" was meant,

I couldn't find that keyword in my gcc documentation

either.

#ifdef CONFIG_ITANIUM_ASTEP_SPECIFIC
asm volative ("nop = 0;; nop=20 0;; nop 0;;");
#endif /* CONFIG_ITANIUM_ASTEP_SPECIFIC */

Please tell me if this is a bug or just forget this mail when I = err.

My kernel version is 2.4.0 patched as follows:

1. downloaded and unpacked linux-2.4.0-test11.tar.gz to=20 /usr/src/linux

2. patched with patch-2.4.0-test12.gz (zcat patch-2.4.0-test12.gz | = patch=20 -p1)

3. patched with patch-2.4.0-prerelease.gz (zcat = patch-2.4.0-prerelease.gz |=20 patch -p1)

4. patched with prerelease-to-final.gz (zcat prerelease-to-final.gz = | patch=20 -p1)

5. patched with linux-2.4.0-reiserfs-3.6.25-patch.gz (zcat=20 linux-2.4.0-reiserfs-3.6.25-patch.gz | patch -p1)

Kernel was downloaded from http://www.kernel.org, patches were = downloaded=20 from http://www.kernel.org,

ReiserFS patch was downloaded from ftp://ftp.namesys.co= m/pub/reiserfs-for-2.4/

Adrian Glaubitz

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