Re: dev86
Greg Haerr writes: > > : Apart from anything else, as86 and ld86 are used to build the bits and pieces > : in arch/i386/boot in the main Linux kernel tree. > > I thought that the as86 and ld86 in this area came from the older, outdated bin86 > distribution. > My understanding is that these versions were limited and broken, so there was a push to replace them with the versions from the actively maintained dev86 package. Al
Re: Dev86
Greg Haerr writes: > > > : Ah. I have a problem building Dev86 where ar is crashing, and was > : going to wait until I had more info (e.g. ar seems to be working > : until the build gets to a certain point, then refuses to work with > : the archive any more). How can I find out more about the problem > : with ar that Greg reported? > > The /usr/bin/ar is broken with the latest linux releases when used to archive > .o files for the dev86 kit. Download my replacement /usr/bin/ar from > > ftp://microwindows.censoft.com/pub/microwindows/ar > > > I have submitted a new ar86 that Rob uses in his latest cut, 0.14.9, so that > /usr/bin/ar is no longer needed... > I have put an entry in the FAQ about these two problems so hopefully they will be less of a problem for users in the future. Al
RE: Dev86
: Ah. I have a problem building Dev86 where ar is crashing, and was : going to wait until I had more info (e.g. ar seems to be working : until the build gets to a certain point, then refuses to work with : the archive any more). How can I find out more about the problem : with ar that Greg reported? The /usr/bin/ar is broken with the latest linux releases when used to archive .o files for the dev86 kit. Download my replacement /usr/bin/ar from ftp://microwindows.censoft.com/pub/microwindows/ar I have submitted a new ar86 that Rob uses in his latest cut, 0.14.9, so that /usr/bin/ar is no longer needed... Greg
Re: Dev86
> Ah. I have a problem building Dev86 where ar is crashing, and was > going to wait until I had more info (e.g. ar seems to be working > until the build gets to a certain point, then refuses to work with > the archive any more). How can I find out more about the problem > with ar that Greg reported? > > Thanks, > > Phil > Oops, sorry. Please disregard the preceding query, as I see it's been answered in another message in this thread. Phil
Re: Dev86
> > Thomas Stewart writes: > > > > hi > > I recently upgraded my Linux System from Redhat 5.2 to 6.0, In the rush to > > install it and find out what it was like I did not back up my dev86. > > > > So I thought not to worry, I will just download it again and compile it > > again. So I downloaded the whole lot, dev86src, elks, elkscmd and mwin. I > > untared them in to /usr/src and tried to compile dev86. > > > > This is where things got bad, It just would not fininsh compiling dev86. It > > stopped while it was compiling ld/objdump86.c, giving some error around > > about line 17 (I think, can't remember the exact line). > > > > Its been so long since I compiled dev86 and I can't remember if it happened > > the last time. Can anyone help? > > > > Can't really help much unless you can include a copy of the error output in > you mail. I remember Greg reporting a problem caused by a recent version > of ar no longer being able to cope with minix format .o files, and > I believe there may be some glibc issues with it, but can't remember what. > > Mail us the error output, and I'll see what can work out from that. > > Al > Ah. I have a problem building Dev86 where ar is crashing, and was going to wait until I had more info (e.g. ar seems to be working until the build gets to a certain point, then refuses to work with the archive any more). How can I find out more about the problem with ar that Greg reported? Thanks, Phil
Re: Dev86
>> The potential glibc 6 issue is that no static initializations of FILE >* xx >>= stdin >>work, these must be moved to main() >> > >YES that is the prob, on the line that it complained about it had a similar >line. How do I fix it? Has anyone got dev86 running on a RH 6.0 Box? Just comment out the initialisation, the FILE * gets set to something before it's used anyway.
RE: Dev86
On Friday, October 08, 1999 4:18 PM, Thomas Stewart [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: : >: I believe there may be some glibc issues with it, but can't remember : >what. : > : > The potential glibc 6 issue is that no static initializations of FILE * xx : >= stdin : >work, these must be moved to main() : > : : YES that is the prob, on the line that it complained about it had a similar : line. How do I fix it? Has anyone got dev86 running on a RH 6.0 Box? : Like I said above, Tom. Read the message carefully. move the line like FILE *xx = stdin; from the global declarations of your program to the first executable statement of the main() function. : And yes I did look at the FAQ first, about 10 times, and did exactaly what : it said! : : tom : : __ : Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: Dev86
>: I believe there may be some glibc issues with it, but can't remember >what. > > The potential glibc 6 issue is that no static initializations of FILE * xx >= stdin >work, these must be moved to main() > YES that is the prob, on the line that it complained about it had a similar line. How do I fix it? Has anyone got dev86 running on a RH 6.0 Box? And yes I did look at the FAQ first, about 10 times, and did exactaly what it said! tom __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: Dev86
: Can't really help much unless you can include a copy of the error output in : you mail. I remember Greg reporting a problem caused by a recent version : of ar no longer being able to cope with minix format .o files, A working /usr/bin/ar can be downloaded from my microwindows site This will be fixed in the next release of dev86, as I've ported a special ar86 that will be used with the *86 tools, and ultimately run on the target machine, and given all this to Rob. and : I believe there may be some glibc issues with it, but can't remember what. The potential glibc 6 issue is that no static initializations of FILE * xx = stdin work, these must be moved to main() Greg
RE: Dev86
: This is where things got bad, It just would not fininsh compiling dev86. It : stopped while it was compiling ld/objdump86.c, giving some error around : about line 17 (I think, can't remember the exact line). : : Its been so long since I compiled dev86 and I can't remember if it happened : the last time. Can anyone help? Al - Perhaps it's time we put the instructions for compiling dev86 in the FAQ. Or is it already? Greg
Re: Dev86
Thomas Stewart writes: > > hi > I recently upgraded my Linux System from Redhat 5.2 to 6.0, In the rush to > install it and find out what it was like I did not back up my dev86. > > So I thought not to worry, I will just download it again and compile it > again. So I downloaded the whole lot, dev86src, elks, elkscmd and mwin. I > untared them in to /usr/src and tried to compile dev86. > > This is where things got bad, It just would not fininsh compiling dev86. It > stopped while it was compiling ld/objdump86.c, giving some error around > about line 17 (I think, can't remember the exact line). > > Its been so long since I compiled dev86 and I can't remember if it happened > the last time. Can anyone help? > Can't really help much unless you can include a copy of the error output in you mail. I remember Greg reporting a problem caused by a recent version of ar no longer being able to cope with minix format .o files, and I believe there may be some glibc issues with it, but can't remember what. Mail us the error output, and I'll see what can work out from that. Al
