Ollie first thank you for the confirmation that mkelfImage-1.14 works properly on RedHat-7.2.
ollie lho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, 2002-07-19 at 09:18, Eric W Biederman wrote: > > ollie lho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > I just tried mkelfImage-1.14 (freebios CVS) with RedHat-7.2 and kernel > > > 2.4.18. There is no problem for me. > > > > To reiterate the problem was 2.4.x optimized for a PentiumII running > > on a SiS550. It looks like the SiS550 does not support cmov or a similiar > > instruction despite being advertised as a PII equivalent. > > > > Gee, what is SiS 550 going to do with this problem > (mkelfImage v.s. RH 7.2) ?? Did anyone metioned > SiS 550 ?? Beside, SiS 550 is Pentium-MMX class > not PII. >From the mkelfImage thread: "Hamish Guthrie \(Mail Lists\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says > Oops, > > I have found the problem:) > > The board I am testing with at the moment is one of the sis550 boards which > has the RISE core in it (claimed by RISE marketing to be PII compatible) - I > assumed the kernel config file in the Linuxbios kernel-patched directory for > the 2.4.17 kernel for SiS would work - this is set up for a PII processor > and there is obviously an instruction in the PII not implemented in the RISE > core. > > I dropped it down to a 486 for starters, and it works fine. Eric
