Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:24:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:24:14 -0500 Received: from [64.64.109.142] ([64.64.109.142]:31241 "EHLO quark.didntduck.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:24:02 -0500 Message-ID: <3AC0A21B.438EFE02@didntduck.org> Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 09:22:19 -0500 From: Brian Gerst X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ebuddington@wesleyan.edu CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 386 'ls' gets SIGILL iff /proc is mounted In-Reply-To: <20010327012709.I59@sparrow.nad.adelphia.net> <3AC09F14.53D06AC7@didntduck.org> <20010327091205.B80@sparrow.nad.adelphia.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Eric Buddington wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 09:09:24AM -0500, Brian Gerst wrote: > > > > > > The problems are varied enough that I suspect bad hardware, but would > > > flaky RAM cause such similar failures repeatedly? And is there a way > > > to test RAM explicitly? > > > > > > Any tips appreciated, either to me (ebuddington@wesleyan.edu) or to > > > the list. > > > > Silly question, but is math emulation enabled? > > Yes. I should have mentioned that in the original, since it occurred > to me also. > > -Eric Try running ls under gdb and find out what instruction is causing SIGILL (illegal opcode). It is possible that it was compiled to use instructions available only on later processors, or it could potentially be a bug in the math emulation code. -- Brian Gerst - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/