From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:37:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:37:34 -0400 Received: from quark.didntduck.org ([216.43.55.190]:38671 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:37:17 -0400 Message-ID: <3B86BAF0.489E92C6@didntduck.org> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 16:37:04 -0400 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ross Vandegrift CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4 broken on 486SX In-Reply-To: <20010824154233.A10048@willow.seitz.com> <20010824161747.A10618@willow.seitz.com> 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 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