From: Cliff Albert <cliff@oisec.net>
To: Steve Kieu <haiquy@yahoo.com>
Cc: kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 2.4 broken on 486SX
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 09:12:26 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010825091226.A18300@oisec.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3B86BAF0.489E92C6@didntduck.org> <20010825024627.30130.qmail@web10404.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010825024627.30130.qmail@web10404.mail.yahoo.com>
On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 12:46:27PM +1000, Steve Kieu wrote:
> By the way, I got this strange thing too but with
> 2.2.19. I got the kernel 2.2.19 source from slackware
> site, compile it using gcc 2.95.3 and select CPU as
> 486, but the compiled image can not run in my 486 CPU
> (it does run fine in the machine I compile it i686).
> There is no way. Ironically 2.4.x works for me, if I
> choose 486, I can run it on 486.
>
> I noticed the differrence in the cflags in 2.2.19 it
> is like -m486 -DCPU=i486 and in 2.4.x it is
> -march=i486 instead of -DCPU=i486. According to gcc
> documentation it is the same. Why it is like that ?
Linux 2.4.8-ac3 runs just fine on my Compaq Prosignia VS (which has a 486DX66)
--
Cliff Albert | RIPE: CA3348-RIPE | www.oisec.net
cliff@oisec.net | 6BONE: CA2-6BONE | icq 18461740
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-25 7:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-24 19:42 2.4 broken on 486SX Ross Vandegrift
2001-08-24 19:59 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-08-24 20:17 ` Ross Vandegrift
2001-08-24 20:37 ` Brian Gerst
2001-08-25 2:46 ` Steve Kieu
2001-08-25 7:12 ` Cliff Albert [this message]
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=20010825091226.A18300@oisec.net \
--to=cliff@oisec.net \
--cc=haiquy@yahoo.com \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox