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SubjectRe: is gcc 2.8 safe to use yet ?
On Wed, Mar 18, 1998 at 10:51:41PM -0800, Mr. James W. Laferriere Network Engineer wrote:
> >
> > I've had no problems with X _running_ with any (read ALL) of the new
> > compilers under either 2.0.x or 2.1.x. I've also tried maxing out the
> > optimization with all of them.. makes the kernel slower but works.

If you want to use egcs-2.91.xx or gcc-2.8.x with 2.0.3x kernels in ix86
machines, you have to replace the arch/i386/kernel/ioport.c with the 2.1.70+
version of it. There's an optimization in gcc28/egcs that will prevent
IOport access otherwise and thus prevent X from running.

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Kurt Garloff, Dortmund
<K.Garloff@ping.de>
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