On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 11:24:18PM -0500, phaet0n _ wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I installed NetBSD 1.5 for i386 about a month ago or so. I am trying to 
> update my kernel to NetBSD-current, so I downloaded sys.tar.gz in order to 
> build it. I configured it and so, however when I build I get assembler 
> errors for arch/i386/isa/npx.c Specifically, the assembler that is invoked 
> by cc claims that there are no fxsave/fxrstor instructions on the 386, which 
> is true by I set my processor to 686. Clearly the assembler needs updating. 
> How do I update my assembler? I downloaded gnu.tar.gz, however I don't have 
> diskspace to build it and when I build the assembler as alone, the build 
> assember doesn't seem to accept the .section directive. Can you please help 
> me. Thank you. If in future I wish to move the CVS version, how do I ensure 
> that my build tools are good?

You can upgrade your whole system to -current using the last i386 snapshot.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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