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From: "P. Christeas" <p_christ@hol.gr>
To: David Daney <ddaney@avtrex.com>
Cc: Kishore K <hellokishore@gmail.com>, linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Subject: Re: gcc -3.4.4 and linux-2.4.32
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:35:17 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200601190035.19022.p_christ@hol.gr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200601171426.10317.p_christ@hol.gr>

On Tuesday 17 January 2006 2:26 pm, P. Christeas wrote:

>
> Does that apply to gcc-4.0.2 as well? It is mentioned in linux
> documentation that -funit-at-a-time is safe as of gcc-4.x. Is there (I'm
> not a MIPS expert) a way to verify whether gcc produces wrong instructions?
> I've had a similar problem (I only try with gcc 4, because I compile linux
> 2.6) and is reduced when I use -fno-unit-at-a-time. Still, I have
> instability, which now appears less often.
> I've tried the '-fno-unit-at-a-time' solution (for the whole kernel) and
> the 'pop/push' at interrupt.h fix.
>
Just to let you know:
In a very interesting twist, gcc4.0.2 produces a faulty kernel with the 2.4.31 
kernel (as the latter is provided from the hardware's manufacturer).
I'm validating gcc and binutils at the moment.

  reply	other threads:[~2006-01-18 22:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-01-16 12:23 gcc -3.4.4 and linux-2.4.32 Kishore K
2006-01-16 12:23 ` Kishore K
2006-01-16 17:34 ` David Daney
2006-01-17 12:07   ` Kishore K
2006-01-17 12:26   ` P. Christeas
2006-01-18 22:35     ` P. Christeas [this message]
2006-01-19 10:00       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2006-01-19 10:30         ` P. Christeas
2006-01-19 12:33           ` "useless" pgprot_noncached define in include/asm-mips/pgtable.h Niels Sterrenburg
2006-01-23 15:54             ` Atsushi Nemoto
2006-01-17 13:43   ` gcc -3.4.4 and linux-2.4.32 Ralf Baechle
2006-01-17 13:40 ` Ralf Baechle

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