Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 2 Nov 2000 23:23:26 +0100 (CET) | From | (Hans-Joachim Baader) |
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Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> [snip] > > > CONFIG_M686=y > > Ah ha! > > You have selected the Pentium II/III CPU type, which does NOT work on a K6. > The compiler (and the kernel) will use the "new" Pentium II instructions > (such as "cmov") which are not supported by the K6, leading to "illegal > instruction" usage very early.
Ouch. This was it. I simply overlooked this option and used the one that worked with 2.2...
But it would be nice if the kernel could detect the wrong CPU type and print a message before it stops. Perhaps compile the init section without CPU specific optimization?
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