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Date:      Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:51:54 -0800
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/i386 locore.s 
Message-ID:  <199611150851.AAA13245@root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:15:37 PST." <11301.848045737@time.cdrom.com> 

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>> >  Modified:    sys/i386/i386  locore.s
>> >  Log:
>> >  movl instruction should have been lea (this is why userconfig didn't
>> >  work in 2.1).
>> 
>> Erm, the movl looks OK to me, and the lea isn't an i386 instruction so
>> it doesn't compile.
>
>[scratches his head]
>
>Why did this compile for me?  And why did that single fix (suggested

   Bruce hasn't had his morning Wheaties or something. "lea" certainly is an
i386 instruction. I haven't looked at the code to see if it is *correct*,
however...but if it works I would say it is a good bet that it is.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project



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