Re: lkernel 2.1.131 with ac5

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@adelphia.net)
Thu, 10 Dec 1998 07:11:11 -0500 (EST)


On Wed, 9 Dec 1998, Alan Cox wrote:

> > Compiling kernel-2.1.131 with the alan cox ac5 patch applied,
> > generated the following message:
> >
> > functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o checksum.o checksum.c
> > checksum.c: In function `csum_partial':
> > checksum.c:200: Invalid `asm' statement:
> > checksum.c:200: fixed or forbidden register 2 (cx) was spilled for
> > class CREG.
> > checksum.c: In function `csum_partial_copy_generic':
> > checksum.c:538: Invalid `asm' statement:
>
> Nobody has yet been brave enough to fix the checksum.c file for the new
> egcs (and its no small job either)

??? I was able to compile 2.1.131-ac5 using egcs-1.1.1 (release). Never
saw this message. The kernel boots on SMP PPro box and runs fine.

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