linux-kernel - Re: 3.1-rc6 boot problem reason searching

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Date:	Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:47:19 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>
Cc:	werner <w.landgraf@...ru>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: 3.1-rc6 boot problem reason searching

2011/9/15 Andrew Lutomirski <luto@....edu>:
>
> In the mean time, I'll see if I can reproduce the crash in qemu by
> playing with -cpu.

Note that Werner doesn't actually have a i486 CPU - the i686 kernel
works fine for him. So you don't need an old CPU for the problem, you
just need to compile *for* an old CPU. He wants to support i486-class
machines because he supports a lot of old hardware.

Werner, btw, what compiler are you using? For gcc-4.5+ we use a
different magic inline asm than for older compilers..

                  Linus
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