Re: Athlon kernel compilation blues
what compiler are you using? what optimization do you have the kernel set
to?
nate
On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, [iso-8859-1] José Luis Gómez Dans wrote:
j.l.go >Dear all,
j.l.go > I have an Athlon 550 MHz system in which I installed Potato.
j.l.go >It's all good with the installation boot disks and all that. The only
j.l.go >problem comes when trying to compile a new kernel other than the one
j.l.go >that came with the distro. So I downloaded the sources for 2.2.14 and
j.l.go >configured it (I can provide you with the Makefile, I won't send it to
j.l.go >the list so as not to clutter it). It's a pretty easy system: normal
j.l.go >EIDE hard drive, CD-ROM, serial mouse, keyboard and an ESS Solo1
j.l.go >soundcard. I don't even need networked filesystems (at least not for the
j.l.go >time being), so all there is is some network support (I use this as a
j.l.go >workstatio from which I read mail and news, and browse the web). Most of
j.l.go >the stuff is located as modules, with kmod support and all that. Oh, and
j.l.go >there's also a RealTek 8139 PCI network card.
j.l.go >
j.l.go > After compiling a number of kernels (both using and not using
j.l.go >kernel-package), I always have to restore to a bootdisk I created with
j.l.go >the installation's default kernel. Basically, I get loads of different
j.l.go >errors: from CRC errors when decompressing the kernel (!) to dodgy
j.l.go >pointr assignments and stuff that outputs tons of debugging information.
j.l.go >I get kernel panics and stuff like that.
j.l.go >
j.l.go > Obviously, I am missing some kernel option here which is causing
j.l.go >all these problems. I don't really know where the problem lies, and I
j.l.go >don't know where to look in order to sort it out. Does anyone have any
j.l.go >suggestions? I suppose I could go on using the default kernel, but I
j.l.go >find it annoying not knowing what's going on here!
j.l.go >
j.l.go > Thanks,
j.l.go > José
j.l.go >--
j.l.go >José L Gómez Dans PhD student
j.l.go > Radar & Communications Group
j.l.go > Department of Electronic Engineering
j.l.go > University of Sheffield UK
j.l.go >
j.l.go >
j.l.go >--
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