Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.12 on a Multia
From: Michal Jaegermann (michal@ellpspace.math.ualberta.ca)
Date: Tue Nov 30 1999 - 11:04:14 AKST
Rich Payne wrote:
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> I think 2.2.11 will compile OK on 5.2, 2.2.12 and 13 will not. I remember
> this came up before on the list, you may want to check the archives.
>
> --rdp
$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo)
$ uname -r
2.2.13
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> On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Kai Schmidt wrote:
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> > I am getting frustrated. I wanted to upgrade my Kernel on a Multia
> > running RH 5.2, after 2.0.38 failed because of the kernel debugger,
> > somebody told me to use the 2.2.12 kernel which compiles
> > "out-of-the-box" I tried and got the following error:
> >
> > fp-emul.c: In function `udiv128':
> > fp-emul.c:118: warning: left shift count is negative
> > fp-emul.c:123: warning: left shift count is negative
> > fp-emul.c:129: warning: left shift count is negative
> > fp-emul.c:133: warning: left shift count is negative
> > fp-emul.c:134: warning: left shift count is negative
Disregard. Compiler does not know that these will be not used.
Besides these are warnings and have nothing to do with the stuff
below.
> > cpp: output pipe has been closed
> > gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 6
You triggered a real compiler bug.
The difference is that I replaced my compilers quite a few times
in between and currently my main compiler is gcc-2.95.2.
If you plan to use em86 with 2.2.13 you want anyway to take
a contents of a directory /usr/src/linux/arch/alpha/math-emu
from 2.2.11 and replace with it what is in 2.2.13 or em86 will NOT work.
Don't use 2.2.10 for a replacement code but 2.2.11 with 2.2.13 is ok.
If math-emu from 2.2.11 will give an indigestion to your compiler
version I have no idea. Which one is that anyway? egcs-1.0.3?
Note that in order to use 2.2 kernels with 5.2 distribution you have
to update at least some programs/packages. A minimum set is
available in 5.2 updates and clearly marked as such.
Michal
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