Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Keith Poirier writes: > >> I have RH Update 3 (beta) (also tried on update 2) installed on a >> proliant 360G4 which uses the new Intel EM64T chip. I installed >> jre-1_5_0-beta2-linux-amd64.rpm from Blackdown.org but when I link >> to the java plugin, and access a java app via mozilla it crashes: > > Intel's EM64 is not a plug-in replace for Opteron. It's close, but > no sigar. > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] plugins]# more hs_err_pid25965.log >> Unexpected Signal : 4 occurred at PC=0x2A95D68D2B > > Signal 4 is SIGILL -- illegal instruction. You are hitting x86_64 > machine code that the Intel chip can't swallow.
Yes, it's caused by a 3DNow! prefetch instruction. EMT64T doesn't
support 3DNow! The next 1.4.2 release (available in one or two days)
fixes that.
Juergen
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Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/
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