From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 12:16:02 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 12:15:52 -0500 Received: from smarty.smart.net ([207.176.80.102]:19482 "EHLO smarty.smart.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 12:15:39 -0500 From: Rick Hohensee Message-Id: <200011091715.MAA24229@smarty.smart.net> Subject: Incorrectness for fun and profit To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Thu, 9 Nov 100 12:15:19 -0500 (EST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In 2.4 init/main.c we have... * Versions of gcc older than that listed below may actually compile * and link okay, but the end product can have subtle run time bugs. * To avoid associated bogus bug reports, we flatly refuse to compile * with a gcc that is known to be too old from the very beginning. */ #if __GNUC__ < 2 || (__GNUC__ == 2 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 1) #error Sorry, your GCC is too old. It builds incorrect kernels. #endif Note that I've elided the 9 from the minor version number. I also tweaked the #define asmlinkage in whereveritis.h to look a bit more like 2.2, got rid of the arch=bla switch to gcc, and built the kernel I'm using at the moment with gcc 2.7.2.3. I'm looking for "subtle run time bugs". OK, I'm desparate for entertainment. That's a given. Where should I look? Everything I'm cognizant of so far is real pretty. I WANT BUGS! WHERE ARE THE BUGS? This is not a bogus bug report. This is a repeatable bug request. Incorrectly yours, Rick Hohensee :; cLIeNUX0 /dev/tty12 12:43:36 / :;get /Linux/version Linux version 2.4.0-test10 (@cLIeNUX) (gcc version 2.7.2.3) #10 Thu Nov 9 03:11:45 2000 :; cLIeNUX0 /dev/tty12 13:03:02 / :; - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/