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From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Ross Vandegrift <ross@willow.seitz.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 2.4 broken on 486SX
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:37:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B86BAF0.489E92C6@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010824154233.A10048@willow.seitz.com> <20010824161747.A10618@willow.seitz.com>

Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> 
> Ack, that was a horrific problem report.  Here are a few relevant data points I left out:
> 
> Kernels have always been compiled only with 386 optimizations.
>         (tried 486 a few times, no difference)
> Always built including soft float support (not that it matters so early)
> Always built with gcc 2.95.2
> Same kernel binaries work perfectly on a number of other boxen:
>         A 386DX, a number of Pentium 100's, another 486SX, and a K6-2

What was the last known working kernel for this machine?  Have you tried
any -ac kernels?

--

				Brian Gerst

  reply	other threads:[~2001-08-24 20:37 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 [this message]
2001-08-25  2:46     ` Steve Kieu
2001-08-25  7:12       ` Cliff Albert

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