From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:17:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:17:37 -0500 Received: from [64.64.109.142] ([64.64.109.142]:50697 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:17:26 -0500 Message-ID: <3A788ECC.B8F48AB9@didntduck.org> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 17:16:44 -0500 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Matt Yourst CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Compiling 2.4.1: undefined reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' In-Reply-To: <3A788DDE.AF82E72F@mit.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matt Yourst wrote: > > Hi, > > I just tried to compile 2.4.1 and I'm getting the error "undefined > reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'" when trying to do the final > link. It looks like this check was something 2.4.1 added to > include/asm-i386/bugs.h to fail the kernel build if part of the thread > structure wasn't aligned on a 16-byte boundary (which seems to make > sense given FXSR's alignment requirements.) When was this check added? > I assumed it was a bug in 2.4.0 that was just recently discovered, but > I didn't see anything in the ChangeLog to that effect. > > The problem is that I don't know how to fix it (at least not reliably > and cleanly.) I tried rearranging the fields in the task structure, > but the alignment still wasn't right. I did apply a few non-standard > patches that expanded the task structure, but the additional fields > came well after the task's struct thread (which was causing the > alignment problem.) FYI, I'm compiling with pgcc 2.95.2 and linking > with binutils/ld 2.10 (I've used both of these successfully for > countless kernel compiles before this.) > > Anyone else had this problem? > > - Matt Yourst > What GCC version did you compile with? -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/