Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 25 Aug 2001 09:12:26 +0200 | From | Cliff Albert <> | Subject | Re: 2.4 broken on 486SX |
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On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 12:46:27PM +1000, Steve Kieu wrote:
> By the way, I got this strange thing too but with > 2.2.19. I got the kernel 2.2.19 source from slackware > site, compile it using gcc 2.95.3 and select CPU as > 486, but the compiled image can not run in my 486 CPU > (it does run fine in the machine I compile it i686). > There is no way. Ironically 2.4.x works for me, if I > choose 486, I can run it on 486. > > I noticed the differrence in the cflags in 2.2.19 it > is like -m486 -DCPU=i486 and in 2.4.x it is > -march=i486 instead of -DCPU=i486. According to gcc > documentation it is the same. Why it is like that ?
Linux 2.4.8-ac3 runs just fine on my Compaq Prosignia VS (which has a 486DX66)
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