Re: [patch] Re: Kernels > 2.6.1-mm3 do not boot. - SOLVED

Andrew Morton
2004-01-25T21:13:21Z

Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> wrote:
>
> > It seems use-funit-at-a-time breaks with distributions shipping a gcc
> > 3.3 that supports -funit-at-a-time.
>
> It works for me with the hammer branch gcc 3.3 with -funit-at-a-time.
>
> Are you sure the exception table sorting patch was properly applied?

I'd say so. There are no extable patches in current -mm.

> > Th patch below replaces use-funit-at-a-time.patch and uses
> > scripts/gcc-version.sh from add-config-for-mregparm-3-ng* to use
> > -funit-at-a-time only with gcc >= 3.4 .
>
> I disagree with that change.

Well there doesn't seem much doubt that -funit-at-a-time causes Fabio's
kernel to fail. Do we know exactly which compiler he is using?