[php-maint] Bug#385147: When php4-mysql is enabled, php prints "Illegal Instruction" and terminates

[Steve Langasek]

reassign 385147 libmysqlclient15off
forcemerge 383759 385147
thanks

On Wed, Aug 30, 2006 at 09:18:08AM +0100, Jamie Robert Thompson wrote:

> > Anyway, I suspect the problem is actually bug #383759, which has for some
> > reason been downgraded and tagged as 'wontfix'.  Can you tell me what
> > processor you have in the system you're running this on?

> Oooh. You're good at this problem-solving lark. Yup, it's a Cyrix P166+.

> mrlinux:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor       : 0
> vendor_id       : unknown
> cpu family      : 4
> model           : 0
> model name      : 486
> stepping        : unknown
> fdiv_bug        : no
> hlt_bug         : no
> f00f_bug        : no
> coma_bug        : no
> fpu             : yes
> fpu_exception   : no
> cpuid level     : -1
> wp              : yes
> flags           :
> bogomips        : 132.60

Ok, reassigning & merging.

> Oh, one more thing, the problem seems to be ( according to the other bug
> reports ) that the CPU's lack of the CPUID instruction seems to be the
> problem.

> Well, I happen to know for a fact that the processor actually does have a
> CPUID instruction, it's just disabled by default. It can be enabled quite
> easily, which might be an avenue of enquiry for this problem.

Hrm, how do you go about enabling it then?  Is this something that should be
referred to the kernel team?

Cheers,
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