Re: Simulator bootloader fails with gcc 4

Peter Chubb
2005-08-18T23:58:16Z

>>>>> "Stephane" = Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com> writes:

Stephane> On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 09:14:56AM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote:
>> >>>>> "Stephane" = Stephane Eranian <eranian@hpl.hp.com> writes:
>>
Stephane> The simulator is not using the regular memcpy() routine it
Stephane> has its own custom routine (which is not named memcpy).
>> This is a stupid suggestion, but...
>>
>> Can you try recompiling the simulator with gcc 4.0, and see if the
>> problem is still there? If a gcc 4.0-compiled simulator that fixes
>> the problem, and still allows booting of kernels compiled with icc,
>> gcc-2.96, etc., etc., can be released, then we're done.
>>
Stephane> Does this problem happen with the x86 and/or ia64 ski
Stephane> version when bootloader is compiled with gcc-4.0?

IA64 and i386.

Stephane> I can certainly try to compile ski with gcc-4.0. Could
Stephane> anyone of you send me his .config file to make sure we have
Stephane> comparable kernels.

It's the arch/ia64/confis/sim_defconfig file in any recent kernel.

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