>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:09:36 -0700 (PDT)
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>Subject: Re: [utah-glx-dev] Re: [Mesa-dev] 3Dnow asm broken on the K6-III?
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>On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Holger Waechtler wrote:
>> I thought about a built in version check in the configure script, if gas
>> might be buggy, but decided against it, since H.J. Lu couldn't tell me,
>> when this was fixed (his only comment was 'They are soooo old ...'), and a
>> real test program would be longer then some lines.
>
>> Beside this Mesa can be still built on the old Makefile way, where this
>> test would be skipped. (Ok, you can include such tests in Makefiles too,
>> but it's a bit more complicated). And as far I know the glx people
>> have their own build system.
>
>Utah does indeed have its own build system, but it's autoconf-based, so
>if you want to write a detection check, I'd be happy to include it. We
>already cribbed the isa-extension support tests from you. :)
>
>> I believe, the best would be a notice or warning in the README file, the
>> release notes or on the Download page.
>
>Debian 2.2 (currently in freeze) is using binutils 2.9.5.0.31, so there
>are definitely new versions available, though the url given puts the
>original source in a 'beta' directory. Given the age of the 2.9.1 series,
>the the conservative policies of Debian, I'd expect any new distribution
>to ship 2.9.5.
>
Not exactly -- the latest Slackware is still at 2.9.1.0.25. That still should
be OK -- see my other mail pinning down the exact version it was fixed.
I don't know the behavior of the average glx developer, but personally, if I
were still running Linux, I would never think of updating binutils unless the
latest and greatest kernel required it.
That being the case, the problem might go away after 2.4 hits ;-)
>The latest version at ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/support/hjl/binutils/
>is 2.9.5.0.34, dated 2000 April 4. The release notes still call it a beta,
>but nearing public release.
>
> -ralph
>
>P.S. I note we haven't heard an 'upgrading binutils fixed this for me'
>from the original reporters. I'll prod them.
You're right, but then again who would suspect binutils might be a possible
cause of the problem?
Hopefully we could get a listing of the binutils versions from those who have
problems, and then go from there.
Justin A. Kolodziej
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