On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 22:43:25 +0200, Gland Vador <glandvador@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05.04.2010 14:48, Dan Horák wrote: > > > > I was trying to install i686 variant of F-13 to an Alix board (2D13 with > > Geode LX) and got into troubles. The kernel boots fine, but when it > > should start initramfs the kernel panics. Everything works well when > > using complete F-12 environment and when using F-12 kernel+initramfs > > with F-13 rootfs the initramfs stuff runs well, but when I try to > > manually chroot into the F-13 from the dracut shell I get an "Invalid > > instruction" exception. I though last change in x86 CPU support was in > > F-12 (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/F12X86Support) and it > > explicitly talks about Geode LX as still supported. So the question is > > whether F-13 should still work on Geode LX? > > > > Sorry to reopen this old topic, but the conclusion is not obvious. The > F13 is out and it seems to have lost support for the Geode LX CPU > (cf.http://sharkcz.livejournal.com/5708.html), due to the use of the > NOPL instruction by GCC. > > Will this CPU be supported during F13 and above or should I search for a > new distribution ? I don't believe there was any intentional change in supported CPUs for F13. If it was supposed to work in F12, I think it is supposed to work in F13. Did you file a bug against gcc? -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
