Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 24 Apr 2001 00:03:26 +0300 (IDT) | From | Matan Ziv-Av <> |
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On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, David Woodhouse wrote:
> --- include/asm/bugs.h 2001/01/18 13:56:53 1.2.2.16 > +++ include/asm/bugs.h 2001/04/23 15:45:28 > @@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ > * Verify that the FXSAVE/FXRSTOR data will be 16-byte aligned. > */ > if (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.i387.fxsave) & 15) { > - extern void __buggy_fxsr_alignment(void); > - __buggy_fxsr_alignment(); > + printk(KERN_EMERG "ERROR: FXSAVE data are not 16-byte aligned in task_struct.\n"); > + printk(KERN_EMERG "This is usually caused by a buggy compiler (perhaps pgcc?)\n"); > + printk(KERN_EMERG "Cannot continue.\n"); > + for (;;) ;
This is known at compile time, right? Would it not be better to replace the printk with #error ? Why do I need to boot the bad kernel to find out that it does not work, when it is known when compiling?
-- Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org
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