Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!phcoms!jolley
From: jolley@phcoms.seri.philips.nl (Graham Jolley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Can't build minix-386 with more than 55 buffers
Keywords: bcc, minix-386, Bruce Evans
Message-ID: <565@phcoms.seri.philips.nl>
Date: 12 Dec 90 12:28:40 GMT
Organization: Philips Components - SERI, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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I am having a problem building minix-386 with more than
about 55 buffers. I remember a posting that said this
was due to a problem with the 16bit build silently
clobbering one or more 32bit values. The thing is I'm
getting this problem even though I am now using a 32bit
build ie I am building a new kernel while running minix-386.

I am using the 'normal' build procedure NOT shoelace.
I notice that one of the bss sections is at 64K when
the problem occurs. Is this significant?

I apologise in advance if this question has already been
asked and replied to.

Does anybody have a copy of the 'db' code they could
send me - my 'db' seems to be a dummy? Also have there
been any new versions of bcc or the 386-kernel made
available, my versions are of uncertain origin. The
warning messages from the compiler about redefinitions 
are a bit of a pain :-).

Finally like everybody else I think the Bruce Evans '386
extensions and bcc are very nice pieces of work. Thanks.

Graham Jolley