Re: gcc-2.95 broken on PPC?

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Thu, Apr 10, 2003 at 10:52:15AM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:
> The Denkster wrote:
> >>However, bugs #1 (zlib.c) and #3 (div64.h) disappear if I compile
> >>my kernels with gcc-3.2.2 instead of 2.95.4, which is a strong
> >>indication that 2.95.4 is broken on PPC. Is this something that's
> >
> >This is speculation only. We use gcc-2.95.4 as part of  our  ELDK  in
> >all  of our projects, and a lot of people are using these tools, too.
> >We definitely see more problems with gcc-3.x compilers.
> 
> Hi Wolfgang, when you say you see more problems with gcc-3.x
> compilers, what is x?  I'd understand if you saw problems
> with gcc-3.0.*, but I had hoped that gcc-3.2.2 would compile
> good kernels for ppc.
> (Me, I'm still using Montavista Linux 2.0's gcc-2.95.3 to build my ppc 
> kernels,
> but am looking for an excuse to switch to gcc-3.2.* or gcc-3.3.*.)
> - Dan

Both 3.2 and 3.3 are working well for us here.  3.2's received much
better testing.  I think we tripped up about four bugs in 3.2.2 that
needed patches, but that's well below par compared to 2.95.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer