From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:03:21 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:03:12 -0500 Received: from mail2.galactica.it ([212.41.208.19]:15378 "EHLO galactica.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 Jan 2001 18:03:05 -0500 Message-ID: <000901c08bda$1f3b8660$6a157a3e@xxx> From: "Gian Piero Sala" To: Subject: Re: Compiling 2.4.1: undefined reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment' Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 00:04:10 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Matt Yourst wrote: > > Hi, > > I just tried to compile 2.4.1 and I'm getting the error "undefined > reference to `__buggy_fxsr_alignment'" when trying to do the final > link. It looks like this check was something 2.4.1 added to > include/asm-i386/bugs.h to fail the kernel build if part of the thread > structure wasn't aligned on a 16-byte boundary (which seems to make > sense given FXSR's alignment requirements.) When was this check added? > I assumed it was a bug in 2.4.0 that was just recently discovered, but > I didn't see anything in the ChangeLog to that effect. > > The problem is that I don't know how to fix it (at least not reliably > and cleanly.) I tried rearranging the fields in the task structure, > but the alignment still wasn't right. I did apply a few non-standard > patches that expanded the task structure, but the additional fields > came well after the task's struct thread (which was causing the > alignment problem.) FYI, I'm compiling with pgcc 2.95.2 and linking > with binutils/ld 2.10 (I've used both of these successfully for > countless kernel compiles before this.) > > Anyone else had this problem? I have the *same* problem. I'm using pgcc-2.95.2.1 & binutils 2.10.1 with glibc-2.2.1. Previous kernels compiled pretty well. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/