Bug#766105: 486 kernel doesn't boot on net4501; CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE helps

2014-10-22 Thread Ben Harris
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: Will custom kernels running on 486es still be supported, or is Debian intending to desupport the 486 in userland as well? They might still work. gcc is now configured to target 586 and above, but I don't think there are any 586-only instructions that

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2014-10-21 Thread Debian Bug Tracking System
Processing control commands: > tag -1 upstream Bug #766105 [linux] 486 kernel doesn't boot on net4501; CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE helps Added tag(s) upstream. -- 766105: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=766105 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems

Bug#766105: 486 kernel doesn't boot on net4501; CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE helps

2014-10-21 Thread Ben Hutchings
Control: tag -1 upstream On Tue, 2014-10-21 at 13:32 +0100, Ben Harris wrote: > On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: > > > It appears that the stack protector depends on the TSC for > > initialisation. This is not implemented by the Intel 486 or its clones. > > Oops. That suggests that th

Bug#766105: 486 kernel doesn't boot on net4501; CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE helps

2014-10-21 Thread Ben Harris
On Tue, 21 Oct 2014, Ben Hutchings wrote: It appears that the stack protector depends on the TSC for initialisation. This is not implemented by the Intel 486 or its clones. Oops. That suggests that there's an upstream problem as well, since the kernel configuration system shouldn't allow yo

Bug#766105: 486 kernel doesn't boot on net4501; CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE helps

2014-10-20 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Mon, 2014-10-20 at 22:21 +0100, Ben Harris wrote: > Package: linux > Version: 3.16.5-1 > Version: 3.16.3-2 > Version: 3.2.57-3 > Version: linux-2.6/2.6.31-1 > Severity: important > > Attempting to boot the kernel in linux-image-3.16-3-486 on a Soekris > Engineering net4501 fails. With "consol

Bug#766105: 486 kernel doesn't boot on net4501; CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE helps

2014-10-20 Thread Ben Harris
Package: linux Version: 3.16.5-1 Version: 3.16.3-2 Version: 3.2.57-3 Version: linux-2.6/2.6.31-1 Severity: important Attempting to boot the kernel in linux-image-3.16-3-486 on a Soekris Engineering net4501 fails. With "console=ttyS0 earlyprintk=serial" on the kernel command-line, I get the fol