[LinuxBIOS] s2881 build broken

[Ronald G Minnich]

Lu, Yinghai wrote:
> That should be double skip length problem..., remove one +4 in
> copy_and_run.c could make it work.
> 
> YH
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: linuxbios-bounces at linuxbios.org
> [mailto:linuxbios-bounces at linuxbios.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Reinauer
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 4:12 PM
> To: Ward Vandewege
> Cc: linuxbios at linuxbios.org
> Subject: Re: [LinuxBIOS] s2881 build broken
> 
> * Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> [060504 00:39]:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>It seems that revision 2288 broke something in the tyan/s2881 build;
> 
> 2289 and
> 
>>2290 are also bad. 2287 is ok.
>>
>>Boot log attached; it just keeps rebooting after the 'Jumping to
> 
> LinuxBIOS'
> 
>>line. This is gcc 3.4.
>>
>>Suggestions?
> 
> 
> Yes, I suggest I owe you a beer next time we meet and you try 2291.
> 
> Yinghai Lu has sent a patch that is more complete but also more
> intrusive, which will go in later I guess. Until then this should work
> fine.
> 
> This one is a good reason for automated testing on hardware.. 8)
> 
> Stefan
> 

hey guys, sorry but I'm lost. did the compress patch bust Ward's 
linuxbios? Why would that happen? Did the behaviour default to 'new 
feetchur enabled'?

ron