Re: gcc-2.95 broken on PPC?

Wolfgang Denk
2003-04-10T21:09:28Z

In message <3E95AF4F.20105@kegel.com> you wrote:
> The Denkster wrote:
>
> > This is speculation only. We use gcc-2.95.4 as part of our ELDK in
> > all of our projects, and a lot of people are using these tools, too.
> > We definitely see more problems with gcc-3.x compilers.
>
> Hi Wolfgang, when you say you see more problems with gcc-3.x
> compilers, what is x? I'd understand if you saw problems

There were serios problems with 3.0. I never tested 3.1. I believed
3.2 was OK, but I every now and then problems pop up that seem to be
compiler related. Never found time to investigate, though.

> with gcc-3.0.*, but I had hoped that gcc-3.2.2 would compile
> good kernels for ppc.
> (Me, I'm still using Montavista Linux 2.0's gcc-2.95.3 to build my ppc kernels,
> but am looking for an excuse to switch to gcc-3.2.* or gcc-3.3.*.)

I just heard that gdb 5.2.1 shows some problems when built with gcc
3.2 as sipped with RH-8.0, and the problem goes away when compiling
with 2.95.[34]. The information might be wrong or a misinterpreta-
tion, but I'm still suspicious.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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