Messages in this thread |  | | From | Dan Stefura <> | Date | Sun, 8 Dec 1996 18:55:28 -0500 | Subject | Cyrix patches and proc |
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I am relatively new to this thread but have been reading about various Cyrix patches. I managed to obtain the older 2.0.23 patch and the 2.1.5 patch. Both patched fine, however in both cases when I cat /proc/cpuinfo it identifies my chip as being a Pentium 75+. It says in the next line that it is a CyrixSomething... I don't have the patched kernel running right now.
I have a Cyrix P150+, and everything seems to compile fine, except for the 2.1.13 kernel. I tried the 2.1.5 with the patch instead and it compiled fine. The 2.1.13 kernel without the patch gives me the following error.
rm -f lib.a ar rcs lib.a errno.o ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/lib' make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/lib' make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m486 -DCPU=486 -c -o process.o process.c gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strength-reduce -pipe -m486 -DCPU=486 -c -o signal.o signal.c gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux/include -D__ASSEMBLY__ -traditional -c entry.S -o entry.o /tmp/cca02578.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/cca02578.s:589: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.rept' /tmp/cca02578.s:591: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.endr' make[1]: *** [entry.o] Error 1 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel' make: *** [linuxsubdirs] Error 2 chetis:/usr/src/linux#
Has anyone run into this before? I tried recompiling it as a 486 thinking it might be an compatibility problem with some Pentium assembly instructions, but it gives the same error. Actually above is when I tried compiling as a 486.
As well it is necessary to use the patch? Other than setting proc info, which doesn't seem to work on my machine, and optimizations for memory management, it should work on its own.
I am using the set6x86 utility, to put the cpu into the power savings mode when idle. 0xC2 set to 0x88 I believe.
What things am I doing wrong, and where can I get the patch #3, other than from www.ecsnet.com which appears to be down.
Thanks in advance for your help. Dan.
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