Re: 2.0.x GPF

Paul Gortmaker (paul@rasty.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Wed, 3 Jun 1998 00:50:07 +1000 (EST)


> hi,
> I just installed 34pre16 on a Pentium and ran my 2.1.103 vmlinux (sic)
> on it.
> [ganesh@ganesh-pc ganesh]$ /home/linux/vmlinux
> general protection: 0000

[...]

> Relevant part of klogd output:
> Jun 2 14:17:21 ganesh-pc kernel: EIP: 0010:[ret_from_sys_call+133/136]
>
> Running the pre34 vmlinux gives the expected SEGV. Ditto for 2.1.103 running
> any vmlinux.

It has to be a 2.1.x vmlinux (2.0 at 0x00100000 vs 2.1 at 0xc0100000).
Well, it doesn't really *have* to be a 2.1 vmlinux, as this works just
as good, and is typically about 1MB smaller :)

-----------
$ cat > gpf.S
.globl _start
_start:
cld
^D
$ as gpf.S -o gpf.o
$ ld -Ttext 0xC0000000 gpf.o -o gpf
$ ./gpf
-----------

Paul.

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