Re: kernel strangeness

Thank you.  I will try replacing the glibc.  If I understand right (I'm 
not a programmer) I will need to recompile the kernel, and possibly some 
other programs, against the i386 glibc.  Correct?

On Thu, 2 May 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> > ethernets, 64 meg memory, and an AMD Elan SC520.  I loaded the flash disk 
> > on a full install of RH 7.2.  Custom compiled the kernel for no modules, 
> > for an i386 architecture.  It works fine on the desktop system I used to 
> > load it, but when I put it on the net4501,  Lilo loads, starts loading the 
> > kernel, then it hangs.  The last message on the screen is Freeing unused 
> > kernel memory.  I also downloaded the latest 2.4.19-pre7, compiled it for 
> > the Elan processor, with no success.  Same thing happens.  
> 
> Thats the classic case when you have a i686 glibc rather than the i386/486
> glibc that is needed by the Elan board. Swap for the i386 glibc
>