On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 07:46:39PM -0400, Jason Mesker wrote:
> 
> I installed another kernel and tried it and the packages are working without 
> any
> problems at this point.  The new kernel info is:
> 
> 
> Linux version 2.4.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.0 20010303 
> (prerelease)) #8
> Sun Apr 1 20:56:43 CEST 2001

This kernel is compiled with the attached patch - I dont know actually
if this is 100% correct - But it doesnt crash anymore ...

diff -u -r1.17 sysmips.c
--- arch/mips/kernel/sysmips.c  2001/02/09 21:05:46     1.17
+++ arch/mips/kernel/sysmips.c  2001/03/11 16:11:30
@@ -111,13 +111,14 @@
 
                ((struct pt_regs *)&cmd)->regs[2] = tmp;
                ((struct pt_regs *)&cmd)->regs[7] = 0;
-
+#if 0
                __asm__ __volatile__(
                        "move\t$29, %0\n\t"
                        "j\to32_ret_from_sys_call"
                        : /* No outputs */
                        : "r" (&cmd));
                /* Unreached */
+#endif
        }
 
        case MIPS_FIXADE:

I produced a different patch which is definitly a bit more correct.
I sent it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Flo
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