Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:17:39 +0000 | From | P@draigBra ... | Subject | Re: Cyrix III processor and kernel boot problem |
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Dave Jones wrote: > On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 02:50:02PM +0000, c1cc10 wrote: > > I've found out that the Cyrix III has no CMOV instruction and that this > > could be the problem. > > So I compiled a pentium mmx version (after mrproper and dep) and all > > worked fine. > > My question is: ok, it can't work if 686 compiled, but why does not it > > work also for the Cyrix III version? > > The CyrixIII compile option should not generate cmov. > If you can objdump -D vmlinuz and grep for cmov, and find out ^^^^^^^ -> vmlinux-2.4.20
> as a sidenote, the new C3s (Nehemiah) now have CMOV.
but no 3dnow so older C3 specific kernels don't work!
Pádraig.
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