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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 07:46:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Mike Jeays <jeays@statcan.ca>
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Subject: Stable - compile error
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I grabbed the kernel source for -stable, and attempted to compile it on my
2.2.1 system.  I got the following compile error:

echo "___gnu_compiled_c" >>symbols.exclude
grep -v '^#' ../../i386/i386/symbols.raw  | sed 's/^    //' | sort -u >
symbols.sort
cc -c -x assembler-with-cpp -DLOCORE -nostdinc -I- -I. -I../..
-I/usr/include -DAPM_BROKEN_STATCLOCK -DAHC_FORCE_PIO -DFAILSAFE
-DCOMPAT_43 -DMSDOSFS -DFFS -DINET -DKERNEL ../../i386/i386/locore.s
../../i386/i386/locore.s: Assembler messages:
../../i386/i386/locore.s:101: Error: Unknown pseudo-op:  `.p2align'
*** Error code 1

Stop.

Is it feasible to run a kernel that is more up to date than the rest of
the system, or must I do a complete upgrade? (I sort of have the feeling
that this is a very naive question....)

My objective is to try the ATAPI driver, which I understand can now
support Iomega Zip drives, even if it is a bit buggy.  Maybe I should wait
for 2.2.6-RELEASE?