On Fri, 19 Nov 1999, Rob Steele wrote:
> This is my first attempt to compile the the kernel so I'm probably doing
> something stupid. I have two problems:
>
> I get a linker error that goes away if I disable "PII/PIII Extended Fast
> FPU save and restore support"
>
> init/main.o: In function `check_fpu':
> init/main.o(.text.init+0x25): undefined reference to
> `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'
> make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
This ones been reported and well documented, I believe alan's removed this
from the ac patches (30mdk, is latest if my memory serves me)
> The pcmcia stuff doesn't install in /lib/modules/2.2.13.[blah]. I got
> around that by downloading a later version of pcmcia (3.1.4) but then
> the network doesn't work (where it does work with the precompiled
> kernel). /var/log/messages reports errors like:
>
>
> Nov 19 15:20:25 shem kernel: eth0: Transmit timed out, status 60660000,
> CSR12 000000c2, resetting...
Looks like a tulip to me, hardset the media via the modules options=, also
setting csr0=0x800 (it gets autoset if you -D__i386__), also the diag
utils from dbecker, should track this one down
> Any insight into these problems would be much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Rob
>
>
>
> I'm doing this on a Dell Inspiron 7000 with a 400MHz PII & 256MB. The
> network interface is a Xircom CardBus Ethernet 10/100 + Modem. I'm
> running Mandrake 6.1 with all current updates.
>
> Here's my .config file:
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