Subject: Re: Weird: Illegal Instruction Errors on an 030?
To: David A. Gatwood <marsmail@globegate.utm.edu>
From: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 05/14/1997 17:30:32
> I've almost gotten things working network-wise (I'll be using IP
> Masquerading as soon as the 7600 box finishes building the linux server
> with IP Masq turned on... (forgot one option).  Now, as soon as the ppp
> link goes up and I actually make a connection, routed core dumps with an
> illegal instruction error (at least gdb on the core says it's an illegal
> instruction error).  Other programs did that yesterday, like update and
> vi. I'm assuming that this means I still need the fpu-less math libs, but
> I'm curious as to why the problems don't show up until the network starts
> getting exercised.  It's fairly consistent, too.  Anybody know?

I gather you don't have an FPU. Can you figure out EXACTLY what the
naughty instruction is?

Weird..

Take care,

Bill