On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 06:16:50PM +0200, Yves Rougy wrote: > Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 18:16:50 +0200 > From: Yves Rougy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Richard Higson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: tarball of base filesystem > > > > > syslog said "modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-4c46" > > > > That looks familiar ... > [...] > > > > This happens when the kernel is generated by a gcc which is much older than > > the > > gcc used to create the binaries (which depend partly on the kernel headers). > > > > Don't ask me 'exactly how much older', I think it's the difference between > > 2.95.2 and 2.95.3. > > > > It's a chicken & egg problem. > > I then build myself a 2.2.19 Kernel with a "recent" gcc and it worked. > > > > This one is OK > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ gcc -v > > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/s390-linux/2.95.3/specs > > gcc version 2.95.3 20010111 (prerelease) > > > > Same here. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] gcc -v > > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/s390-linux/2.95.3/specs > > gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (Debian release) > > > > the gcc on zseriespenguins.ihost.com (down again) is too old, and produces > > the > > binfmt-4c46 error(s) > > Well, I tried to compile gcc on zseriespenguins.ihost.com (turboLinux) > with hope to compile a new kernel on it... > After many tries, I cannot compile it, I have a "/tmp/cc8Jr3BN.s:278: > Error: Unrecognized opcode: `jhe'" error with 2.95.2.4 with s390 patch > from IBM, or with 2.95.4 from the Debian sources (and patches applied)... those are the "half-word-immediate" instructions. > I cannot find s390 patches for 2.95.3... Did you made it from 95.2 s390 > patch ? (I am not really a gcc hacker...) > Any idea to success the compilation of a "recent" gcc ? there's a gcc at source.rfc822.org/pub/mirror/s390-ibm-linux/debian-s390/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/s390-ibm-linux/debian-s390$ ls -lisa gcc* -rw-r--r-- 1 higson users 991642 Jun 1 19:57 gcc-2.95_2.95.3-8_s390.deb
If I were on a turbo distro (which I've never used, by the way), I'd think about getting `alien` to get at the .deb packages I want. I remember doing that on the Marist distro back around 2.2.13 Richard -- Unix: Your gun, Your bullet, Your foot, Your choice. M$-CE/ME/NT: Same as Unix, BUT: No choice, and We Aim Higher. Have a nice day ;-) Richard Higson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
