--- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 27, 2002 at 12:34:24AM -0700, Serge > Pluess wrote: > > today I thought I would look into recompiling the > kernel. > > First thing I wanted to try is to just change the > processor > > type to Athlon (Got a 1Ghz Athlon Thunderbird). > > > > Did the make dep > > then make bzImage > > then make modules > > then make modules_install > > then make install > > > > Now I rebooted and bang. Big kernel panic's. I > have > > a / partition with ReiserFS and a swap partition. > > > > the error message was on the reiserfs module not > > finding something with mmx. Even the old kernel > > wouldn't boot anymore. > > Was able to boot from the floppy though. > > Compiled ReiserFS into the kernel, not as module. > > This time it booted further but lot's of modules > failed with > > messages about various things mmx not found. > > Like the following one: > > modprobe: unresolved symbol _mmx_memcpy > > > > So right now I am recompiling the kernel and > setting the cpu type to i586 > > a) This is 9.0 not cooker. > b) You're asking for support for your own compiled > kernel. Not > Mandrake's kernel. > > Please take this to a regular support location. Not > a development list.
Other than the fact that he should try it with the Cooker kernel to verify the problem still exists, this sounds like a bug report. I'm sure the stock kernel doesn't break on Athlon compilation, so it's probably a bug in Mandrake's. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/
