egcs-1.0.2, linux kernel 2.0.33 SMP on i686

[Christian Iseli <chris at lslsun dot epfl dot ch>]

Hi folks,

I just compiled linux kernel 2.0.33 SMP on a 4-way PPro box.  I had a few problems
with the assembler things.  I use binutils 2.9.0.3.  The main problem came from two
instructions in entry.S and irq.h: btl %al,... and btrl %al,...  I changed
the %al to %eax, and now it seems to work.

I know next to zip about x86 assembler stuff, so the question is: was this the
Right Thing to do?

BTW, I also tried to compile kernel 2.1.99 on the same machine.  No problem compiling,
but when the kernel boots, it fails to detect the ncr53c8xx SCSI driver and panics.
Any clue why this happens.  I think it's a kernel related problem, cause gcc-2.[78].x
do no better.

					Christian

P.S. Now that I reread this message, it notice that it has probably little to do with egcs...
Oh well...