I know it seems simple, but did you set the CPU type in the kernel config to
"486". I've compiled on a couple Cyrix 486's without problems.
BDH
----- Original Message -----
From: Riley Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dennis Dibbets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 1999 16:36
Subject: Re: cyrix cpu
> Hi Dennis.
>
> > I'm using the ax25 protocol under RedHat linux with kernel
> > 2.2.3. This works just fine. The only problem is that any
> > attempt to compile a kernel fails. I've tried several times
> > to do this, but it never works.
>
> > After trying to compile a kernel on my own pc, i've moved to a
> > other computer. The first attempt to compile the kernel on that
> > other pc worked!! My own computer uses a Cyrix 486DX2-80Mhz CPU,
> > while the other pc uses an Intel Pentium 200Mhz CPU. Could the
> > Cyrix CPU be the problem??
>
> That I can't answer as I've never used Cyrix CPU's personally, and the
> only person I know who's ever tried a Cyrix CPU had a CPU that proved
> to be incompatible with the motherboard he'd been given. However...
>
> > I friend of my told me that he compile's kernels on a Intel 486
> > pc. So i don't think that you can't compile kernels on 486 Pc's.
>
> I have a notebook with an Intel 486dx4/75 CPU on which I've compiled
> many different Linux kernels, ranging from 2.0.34 through 2.2.6 (soon
> to be 2.2.7), and only excluding 2.2.0 as both 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 were
> released whilst I was away. I've never had any problems compiling any
> of them...
>
> I also have access to a desktop with an AMD 486sx/50 on which I've
> compiled both 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 without problem...
>
> Best wishes from Riley.
>
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
> | development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
> | in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
> | else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
> +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
> * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
>
