Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Jan 1998 10:32:21 -0500 | From | Myrdraal <> | Subject | Re: gcc-2.8.0 miscompiles kernel (Was: gcc-2.8 out...) |
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On Fri, Jan 16, 1998 at 09:51:56AM -0500, Jesse Thilo wrote: Hi, > > > Do we now have a fork of gcc (gcc 2.8 and egcs 1.01)? Or > > > are these in fact one and the same? > > They're not. > > gcc 2.8 is aimed at being 100% reliable, > For what it's worth, it doesn't seem to have quite reached that aim > yet. When I compile kernel 2.0.33 with gcc 2.7.2.3, it works fine. > When I compile the same kernel (same configuration, after executing > "make mrproper") with gcc 2.8.0, my X servers and certain other > programs dump core. I don't have detailed information yet, but it > appears that the programs are dumping core in routines that perform > I/O port access. > Has anyone else experienced this? Should I try to gather more > information on the problem? Well, for what else it's worth, I've been compiling my kernels with EGCS 971225 (2.91.03), -O12 and call the good stuff. No problems whatsoever. However, I only use development kernels so I don't know about 2.0.33. -Myrdraal
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