From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:40:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mipsfw.mips-uk.com ([194.74.144.146]:35870 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S3465586AbWAQNkJ (ORCPT ); Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:40:09 +0000 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.net.dhis.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k0HDhf2Q016076; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:43:41 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k0HDhfno016075; Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:43:41 GMT Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:43:41 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: David Daney Cc: Kishore K , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: gcc -3.4.4 and linux-2.4.32 Message-ID: <20060117134341.GD3336@linux-mips.org> References: <43CBD91B.4020607@avtrex.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <43CBD91B.4020607@avtrex.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 9931 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:34:19AM -0800, David Daney wrote: > Not exactly. It has to do with -funit-at-a-time. In the 2.4.x kernel > it is assumed that gcc will not reorder top level asm statements and > functions. For gcc-3.3.x and earlier this was a valid assumption. With > 3.4.x and later it is not. This is not the only gcc 3.4 related issue. Building the 2.4 defconfig for example will fail. Ralf