Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 07 Nov 2000 18:59:14 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: Installing kernel 2.4 |
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Sven Koch wrote: > > On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, David Lang wrote: > > > depending on what CPU you have the kernel (and compiler) can use different > > commands/opmizations/etc, if you want to do this on boot you have two > > options. > > Wouldn't it be possible to compile the parts of the kernel needed to > uncompress and to detect the cpu with lower optimizations and then abort > with an error message? > > "Error: Kernel needs a PIII" sounds much better than just stoping dead.
I agree... maybe we can solve this simply by giving the CPU detection module the -march=i386 flag hardcoded, or editing the bootstrap, or something like that...
Jeff
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