On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, Brad Boyer wrote: > On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 10:57:40AM +1000, Finn Thain wrote: > > Yes. The linux 2.6.8.1 kernel will not boot my LC040 at all unless FPU > > emulation is configured in. Could I fix it simply building the kernel with > > a softfloat-enabled gcc? > > I think this is just because the kernel thinks you should always have > either the emulation or a real FPU, so it does something stupid. The > kernel didn't do that before the emulation code was added.
Indeed. It executes FPU instructions to save/restore the FPU state. Please add CONFIG_FPU (and set it to N) to arch/m68k/Kconfig and try http://linux-m68k-cvs.ubb.ca/~geert/uClinux-amiga-2.6.x-merging/012-nofpu.diff Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds
