Re: kernel for pc164

geerten kuiper (geerten@bart.nl)
Thu, 26 Dec 1996 16:01:47 +0100 (MET)

Hi,

>From Erik
>On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Robert Allen Barker wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know where I could find kernel sources that support the pc164
>> AND are in either rpm version 2 format or tar.gz format?
>
>Just get a plain tar file from ftp.redhat.com:/pub/mirrors/kernels/v2.0. That
>should build out of the box.
>
Until I read this I never realized I could compile the newer kernels without
upgrading to the 4.0/ELF stuff. So over X-mas I decided to give it a try:

untarred 2.0.18, patched axp-diffs 2.0.18, remove -warn-multiple-gp from
Makefile
make mrproper
make config
make dep
make clean
make boot
..... compiles as a whistle, boots without a problem

then tried 2.0.27, with axp-diffs 2.0.21
..... compiles as a whistle, boots without a problem

next step, more daring, with 2.1.17: no axp-diffs, just set ARCH=alpha in
Makefile

this fails compiling printk.c
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:179: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.section'
{standard input}:266: Error: Unknown pseudo-op: `.section'

Funny thing is, the assembler seems to stumble over something it's companion
compiler made up: there's no ".section" in the source.

Am I missing some patches, or do the 2.1.xx kernels need a more recent
compiler ? (everything other than the kernel is standard RedHat 3.0.3)
(pre-someting-2.1.18 patches don't help)

Any ideas ?

Groeten,
Geerten.

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