Subject: Re: failed compile.
To: Matt Doughty <mdoughty@japan.ea.com>
From: Martin Weber <Ephaeton@gmx.net>
List: current-users
Date: 10/26/2001 13:32:08
On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 06:02:37PM +0900, Matt Doughty wrote:
> I suspect I'm doing something wrong since this is the first time I have
> tried to build current by myself, but here goes. I7m currently running
> 1.5V, and I downloaded the sources rebuilt and installed config, and 
> tried to configure and build the current src. Below is the point where the 
> compile crapped out. I tried to search the archives, but came up empty.
> 
> ---
> cc  -O2 -Werror -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes  -Wpointer-arith -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-main -I. -I../../../../arch -I../../../.. -nostdinc -DCRYPTO_MD_DES_ENC -DCRYPTO_MD_BF_ENC -DLKM -DMAXUSERS=32 -D_KERNEL -D_KERNEL_OPT -Di386  -c ../../../../arch/i386/isa/npx.c
> /tmp/ccoqPAhA.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccoqPAhA.s:314: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
> /tmp/ccoqPAhA.s:410: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
> /tmp/ccoqPAhA.s:450: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxrstor'
> /tmp/ccoqPAhA.s:486: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
> /tmp/ccoqPAhA.s:571: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
> *** Error code 1
> 
> Any pointer would be appreciated.
> 
> --Matt

You have to update your gas (gas.new) to compile the kernel. Have
a look at /usr/src/UPDATING, there's a pointer where gas.new lies.
make and make install it and your build should be fine ;)

Martin Weber
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