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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA1051 ; Thu, 11 Feb 93 08:00:16 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!gmd.de!borneo.gmd.de!veit From: veit@borneo.gmd.de (Holger Veit) Subject: re: GCC 2.3.3 + kernels Message-ID: <1993Feb8.122818.8744@gmd.de> Sender: news@gmd.de (USENET News) Nntp-Posting-Host: fanoe Organization: GMD References: <1l5h8tINN218b@obelix.uni-muenster.de> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1993 12:28:18 GMT Lines: 33 In article <1l5h8tINN218b@obelix.uni-muenster.de>, fraune@math.uni-muenster.de (Joerg Fraune, Informatik) writes: |> > Can anyone tell me what the deal is with GCC 2.3.3 and kernels? I can't |> > get any kernels I compile with the 2.3.3 to work. ref.tfs.com has this same |> > problem. Anyone know why? |> |> A friend of mine and I had problems with new NPX-driver. The kernel hung upon |> reboot after announcing the floppy-drives. We figured out that the problem was |> the new NPX-probing-routine, especially the division-by-zero-test. Seemingly, |> the NPX didn't generate the expected exception-13. We provisorically worked |> around the problem by commenting out the offending probing-routine. I also found this problem present with 386DX/Cyrix-387 and 486DX. |> Additionally, my 386 hung on heavy systemload (did this with the original 386bsd-0.1-kernel as well as with the patchkit 0.1 and 0.2 kernels. After |> forcing 386bsd to use the NPX-emulator instead of my (ULSI-)387 anything |> works fine. Did other users experience similar problems with the ULSI-NPX ? Besides the probing problem, I didn't see problem with the above combinations yet. Bruce: any idea? |> Joerg Fraune |> Thomas Pundt <pundt@math.uni-muenster.de> Holger -- Dr. Holger Veit | INTERNET: veit@fanoe.gmd.de | | / GMD-SET German National Research | Phone: (+49) 2241 14 2448 |__| / Center for Computer Science | Fax: (+49) 2241 14 2342 | | / P.O. Box 13 16 | Three lines Signature space | |/ Schloss Birlinghoven | available for rent. Nearly DW-5205 St. Augustin, Germany | unused, good conditions