[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> At least make the final printk a panic.. 

[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> replace this with panic() please.

I considered this, but in the end decided to copy the method from a few 
lines above, which triggers in the case of no FPU and no FPE. I wasn't sure 
if there was a reason why we shouldn't panic() here.

RCS file: /inst/cvs/linux/include/asm-i386/bugs.h,v
retrieving revision 1.2.2.16
diff -u -r1.2.2.16 bugs.h
--- include/asm/bugs.h  2001/01/18 13:56:53     1.2.2.16
+++ include/asm/bugs.h  2001/04/23 20:40:57
@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@
         * Verify that the FXSAVE/FXRSTOR data will be 16-byte aligned.
         */
        if (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.i387.fxsave) & 15) {
-               extern void __buggy_fxsr_alignment(void);
-               __buggy_fxsr_alignment();
+               printk(KERN_EMERG "FXSAVE data are not 16-byte aligned in 
+task_struct.\n");
+               printk(KERN_EMERG "This is usually caused by a buggy compiler (perhaps 
+pgcc?)\n");
+               panic("Cannot continue.");
        }
        if (cpu_has_fxsr) {
                printk(KERN_INFO "Enabling fast FPU save and restore... ");


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dwmw2


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