The i960 simulator in gdb 5.0 does not appear to support the "notor" instruction. Apparently gcc can produce it since I found it. :) 0xa00097b4 <IMFS_evaluate_permission+4>: notor 7,r6,g4 Program received signal SIGILL, Illegal instruction. IMFS_evaluate_permission (node=0xa001e200, flags=1) at ../../../../../../rtems-4.5.0-beta3/c/src/lib/libc/imfs_eval.c:74 74 if ( !rtems_libio_is_valid_perms( flags ) ) { (gdb960) info reg ip ip 0xa00097b4 -1610573900 I grep'ed for notor and did not see it in the simulator. For what it is worth, here is the rule that produces the notor instruction in gcc 2.95.2: (define_insn "" [(set (match_operand:SI 0 "register_operand" "=d") (ior:SI (not:SI (match_operand:SI 1 "register_operand" "d")) (match_operand:SI 2 "logic_operand" "dIM")))] "" "* { if (GET_CODE (operands[2]) == CONST_INT && INTVAL (operands[2]) < 0) return \"nand %C2,%1,%0\"; if (i960_bypass (insn, operands[1], operands[2], 0)) return \"notor %2,%1,%0\"; return \"ornot %1,%2,%0\"; }") FWIW I think the comment in gcc 2.95.2/gcc/config/i960.c above i960_bypass is wrong about the routine always succeeding for the C* series. I think it always fails! Could someone doublecheck my reading of this? -- Joel Sherrill, Ph.D. Director of Research & Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] On-Line Applications Research Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS Huntsville AL 35805 Support Available (256) 722-9985