linux kernel-2.1.76 panic(..egcs-971225 on i586-pc-linux-gnu..)

[Byeong-ryeol Kim]

On Wed, 31 Dec 1997, Byeong-ryeol Kim wrote:
...
>  But, as for kernel-2.1.76, I could not boot the compiled kernel.
...
 In short, the boot problem of kernel 2.1.76 was proved that it
is not directly related with egcs.
 I should have reported it to the linux-kernel group.

 At first, I though it was related with egcs's optimization, as
discussed in this group.
 So I repeated to compile and try to boot kernel 2.1.76, 2.1.77 
with gcc-2.7.2.3-8, and  egcs-1.0.1-prerelease several times, but
the result was that though memcpy warning disappeared, I could not
boot compiled kernels.

 As a last resort, I changed kernel config file(/usr/src/linux/.config).
 I changed one option about X.25 LLC driver(CONFIG_LLC), and 
after compiling the kernel with gcc-2.7.2.3-8 of rh 5.0, the boot 
problem went away. 

 Though I do not use this driver, I usually compile kernels
with almost all modules except some(LLC, some SCSI modules...)
 When I report previous boot failure of kernel-2.1.76 compiled
with egcs-971225, I enabled CONFIG_LLC in .config file, and it
was the first time for me to compile LLC driver into kernel.
 It took 2 days for me to notice LLC driver was the culprit, sigh...

 As a conclusion, the boot failure of kernel 2.1.76 was not 
due to bugs of egcs-971225, though there might be some problems 
to compile and use linux kernels with egcs. 
 I'll retry to compile kernel-2.1.7x(without 'CONFIG_LLC' ¿É¼Ç) 
with egcs-1.0.1, egcs-971225, and report the results.

 I'm sorry for my incorect report that might make unfavorable
impression about egcs on linux users.

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