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From: Riley Williams <rlapzx@relay.tunkki.fi>
To: Dennis Dibbets <yjthn.kjmvbiuerl@suikka.net>
Cc: njhswl.wakxyxs@airnett.no <artim@leco.org>
Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 7:52 AM
Subject: Re: cyrix cpu
>Hi Dennis.
>
> > I'm using the ax25 protocol under RedHat linux with kernel
> > 2.2.3. This works just fine. The only problem is that any
> > attempt to compile a kernel fails. I've tried several times
> > to do this, but it never works.
>
> > After trying to compile a kernel on my own pc, i've moved to a
> > other computer. The first attempt to compile the kernel on that
> > other pc worked!! My own computer uses a Cyrix 486DX2-80Mhz CPU,
> > while the other pc uses an Intel Pentium 200Mhz CPU. Could the
> > Cyrix CPU be the problem??
>
>That I can't answer as I've never used Cyrix CPU's personally, and the
>only person I know who's ever tried a Cyrix CPU had a CPU that proved
>to be incompatible with the motherboard he'd been given. However...
>
> > I friend of my told me that he compile's kernels on a Intel 486
> > pc. So i don't think that you can't compile kernels on 486 Pc's.
>
>I have a notebook with an Intel 486dx4/75 CPU on which I've compiled
>many different Linux kernels, ranging from 2.0.34 through 2.2.6 (soon
>to be 2.2.7), and only excluding 2.2.0 as both 2.2.0 and 2.2.1 were
>released whilst I was away. I've never had any problems compiling any
>of them...
>
>I also have access to a desktop with an AMD 486sx/50 on which I've
>compiled both 2.0.36 and 2.2.5 without problem...
>
>Best wishes from Riley.
>
>+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| There is something frustrating about the quality and speed of Linux |
>| development, ie., the quality is too high and the speed is too high, |
>| in other words, I can implement this XXXX feature, but I bet someone |
>| else has already done so and is just about to release their patch. |
>+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
> * ftp://ftp.MemAlpha.cx/pub/rhw/Linux
> * http://www.MemAlpha.cx/kernel.versions.html
>
>