linux-kernel - Re: 2.6.21-rc5-mm[12]: Oops on bootup in xor_see

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Message-Id: <200704031102.40863.bero@arklinux.org>
Date:	Tue, 3 Apr 2007 11:02:40 +0000
From:	Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero@...linux.org>
To:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Subject: Re: 2.6.21-rc5-mm[12]: Oops on bootup in xor_see_2

On Saturday 31 March 2007, Neil Brown wrote:
> > > Code: 44 89 74 24 48 0f 20 c6 0f 06 0f 11 04 24 0f 11 4c 24 10 0f 11 54
> > > 24 20 0f
> > >       11 5c 24 30 0f 18 82 00 01 00 00 0f 18 82 20 01 00 00 <00> 00 00
> > > 00 00 00
> > >       00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
> > > -
>
> Them bytes that look like '00' are mostly supposed to look like 'F0' -
> an x86 'noop'.
>
> Apparently a bin-utils bug.  An alpha of OpenSUSE-10.3 was compiling
> kernels like this.  I'm told it has been fixed.
>
> What distro/gcc version/binutils version was this compiled on?

You're right -- I'm using the current Ark Linux 2007.1 experimental build 
(always the latest stuff) - the update to binutils 2.17.50.0.13 broke it, 
after upgrading binutils to 2.17.50.0.14 everything is working perfectly 
again.

Thanks
bero
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