[uClibc]Newbie problems. gethostbyname doesnt work on busybox/ucLibc

[Erik Andersen]

On Sun Oct 21, 2001 at 02:07:37PM +0200, root wrote:
> 
> I have setup a bare root filesystem using the image out of the busybox 
> buildroot script.
> 
> the following code works on my suse-box  (static compiled to ucLibC)
> 
> ...
>     struct hostent *hostinfo;
> 
>     hostinfo = gethostbyname (hostname);
> ...
> 
> but fails to run on my busybox i386 embedded device. (illegal instruction)
> 
> I also get the error "illegal instruction" if I use ping, ifconfig, route
> the I think this is maybe a installation issue.
> 
> Whats wrong with my box ?

Perhaps you have disabled floating point support in your kernel?
It is really hard to know for certain.  Your toolchain could also
be hosed,

 -Erik

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