Re: lnx-bcc on AMD-K6

Nick Moffitt <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:35:52 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.linux.bbc.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
John Newbigin  quotation:
> I have been using the lnx-bbc for years and it is great.  I have
> come across a problem though when I tried to use it on an AMD-K6
> CPU.  It booted OK but when trivial-net-setup runs dhcpcd it crashes
> with "Illegal instruction".  I don't know where the problem is
> (kernel, glibc, dhcpcd) but I assume it is using an instruction not
> supported by athlon.  strace failed inside or near and open call.
> 
> I configured the interface by hand which worked and I am currently
> running my disk image tool which seems to be working.

	You also may find udhcp or pump to be useful.  I think we
include all the dhcp clients out there (since subtle network bugs are
often tickled by qurks in dhcp implementaions).

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