Subject: Re: current kernel build failure
To: Matt Bell <mtbell@micropede.com>
From: Markus W Kilbinger <kilbi@rad.rwth-aachen.de>
List: current-users
Date: 08/06/2001 23:02:03 
>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Bell <mtbell@micropede.com> writes:

    Matt> Im trying to build a kernel with today's source and July
    Matt> 25th's userland and get this error:

    Matt> /tmp/ccaNVX5r.s: Assembler messages:
    Matt> /tmp/ccaNVX5r.s:314: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'

    Matt> Any Ideas?

Sure: src/UPDATING says:

20010803:
        (i386 only): i386 kernel now uses new instructions like fxsave
        which old gas doesn't understand. To build the kernel
        successfuly, you need to build and install new gas
        (gnu/usr.bin/gas.new).

Markus.