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From: Marty C. <md...@th...> - 2001-01-10 14:56:37
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On 1/10/2001 7:21 PM Robert Stanford ro...@ro... wrote: >> I'd be curious if you could download Etherboot from >> etherboot.sourceforge.net and do: >> >> $ tar -zxvf etherboot-4.6.12.tar.gz . >> $ cd etherboot-4.6.12/src >> $ make bin32/rtl8139.lzfd0 >> >> (you'll need to have blank formatted floppy in the drive to do the last >> command) >> >Well I downloaded it to my RH7 machine and the same thing happened, but when >I telneted into the server which is RH6.2, and compiled the realtek rom from >etherboot and ftp'd it here to my office it worked perfectly, problem solved. > >Looks like RH7 has a problem with compiling it. > >This isn't the first time I've had trouble compiling things on RH7, I can't >even compile a custom kernel without getting errors, and have to get all >software in rpm format. I installed the updates but it's only gotten a bit >better. > >It's gotten so bad that hopefully the debian cd's I ordered will arrive >tomorrow. Rob, Thanks a lot for your debugging help with this. It appears the C compiler in RH7 breaks compilation of Etherboot. I think it is really that there is a new version of the GNU Assembler (2.10.90). Here's what I just discovered when compiling a rom by hand: gcc -DMOTD -DIMAGE_MENU -DBACKOFF_LIMIT=7 -DASK_BOOT=3 -DANS_DEFAULT=ANS_NETWORK -O2 -g -fstrength-reduce -fomit-frame-pointer -m386 -malign-jumps=1 -malign-loops=1 -malign-functions=1 -Wall -W -Wno-format -Wno-unused -DVERSION_MAJOR=4 -DVERSION_MINOR=7 -DVERSION=\"4.7.16\" -DRELOC=0x98000 -o bin32/pci.o -c pci.c /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:105: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:214: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:286: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:359: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:441: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:512: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:583: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' /tmp/ccPmCLtp.s:654: Warning: indirect lcall without `*' gcc -E -DMOTD -DIMAGE_MENU -DBACKOFF_LIMIT=7 -DASK_BOOT=3 -DANS_DEFAULT=ANS_NETWORK -O2 -g -fstrength-reduce -fomit-frame-pointer -m386 -malign-jumps=1 -malign-loops=1 -malign-functions=1 -Wall -W -Wno-format -Wno-unused -DVERSION_MAJOR=4 -DVERSION_MINOR=7 -DVERSION=\"4.7.16\" -DRELOC=0x98000 start32.S | as -o bin32/start32.o {standard input}: Assembler messages: {standard input}:278: Warning: indirect ljmp without `*' Well doesn't this just suck. I begin to see why people were upset with Red Hat's decision to include a questionnable C compiler in RH7. I hope this is not too hard to fix. It looks like another assembler syntax problem. Can anyone suggest how to fix it? I am looking at either fixing this bug in RH7 or having to reinstall RH6.2 on the rom-o-matic. The warning in Start32.S is particularly interesting. Oh yes, before you ask, here's the output of "as --version" [mdc@rom src]$ as --version GNU assembler 2.10.90 Copyright 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. This program has absolutely no warranty. This assembler was configured for a target of `i386-redhat-linux'. If this can't be resolved quickly the only responsible thing to do is to disable the rom-o-matic until I can re-install another version of Linux. I hope this can be made to work in RH7, however since a lot of Etherboot users will be using that version. News as it happens. Marty --- Try: http://rom-o-matic.net/ to make Etherboot images instantly. Name: Martin D. Connor US Mail: Entity Cyber, Inc.; P.O. Box 391827; Cambridge, MA 02139; USA Voice: (617) 491-6935, Fax: (617) 491-7046 Email: md...@th... Web: http://www.thinguin.org/ |
