Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 20 Sep 1999 10:45:05 -0400 (EDT) | | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | | Subject | Possible GCC contamination of Linux |
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Hello, I spent the weekend trying to track down the reason why Linux (any recent version), complied for a 486-SX (no FPU), will not boot. It crashes during startup, about the time it looks for a PCI bus.
The C Compiler (version 2.8.1) was compiled on a i686 machine. If I recompile on a '486, it will generate a Linux image that boots okay.
So it looks as though the C Compiler, compiled on a 686, generates 686 machine-code instructions. I don't think this is the correct behavior because the gcc command-line contains -m486.
So, is there the possibility that something from the gcc library gets linked into the kernel? If so, how would I prevent it from happening?
Cheers, Dick Johnson **** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED **** Penguin : Linux version 2.3.13 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips). Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.
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