On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Richard Gooch wrote:
> Alan Cox writes:
> > > {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> > > {standard input}:1814: Error: no such 386 instruction: `ldmxcsr'
> >
> > Thats binutils
>
> Yeah. The official version of binutils listed in Documentation/Changes.
> Has a new version of binutils been mandated? If so, what is it?
>
Try binutils-2.10. Or, if you don't want to upgrade, apply this patch:
###################
--- linux_old/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c Sat Jun 24 19:01:20 2000
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c Sat Jun 24 19:02:11 2000
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
#include <linux/irq.h>
+#undef cpu_has_xmm
+#define cpu_has_xmm 0
+
asmlinkage int system_call(void);
asmlinkage void lcall7(void);
asmlinkage void lcall27(void);
###################
> > > -__cacheline_aligned spinlock_t runqueue_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* second */
> > > -__cacheline_aligned rwlock_t tasklist_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* third */
> > > +spinlock_t runqueue_lock __cacheline_aligned = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* second */
> > > +rwlock_t tasklist_lock __cacheline_aligned = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* third */
> > >
> >
> > And thats gcc 8)
>
> Yeah. Again, the officially sanctioned version. Should we all be using
> something else?
>
It doesn't mean you have to be using something else. Just apply the patch
that has probably been posted here many times.
####################
--- linux_old/kernel/sched.c Sat Jun 24 19:06:17 2000
+++ linux/kernel/sched.c Sat Jun 24 19:06:51 2000
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@
* The run-queue lock locks the parts that actually access
* and change the run-queues, and have to be interrupt-safe.
*/
-__cacheline_aligned spinlock_t runqueue_lock = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* second */
-__cacheline_aligned rwlock_t tasklist_lock = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* third */
+spinlock_t runqueue_lock __cacheline_aligned = SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* second */
+rwlock_t tasklist_lock __cacheline_aligned = RW_LOCK_UNLOCKED; /* third */
static LIST_HEAD(runqueue_head);
####################
People aren't perfect, so why take the time to complain about stuff that
should be easy to fix in the first place?
Chris
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