Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-12-01 Thread Kevin Puetz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > *sigh* this isn't just powerpc. this is x86 too. I can't get ANY > kernels > to compile with gcc 2.95 or 2.91. Folks, I think at this point it's > SERIOUSLY advisable to just abandon gcc 2.9x as primary and change it > to > optional. There's just too much stuff that will

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread David Welton
On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 04:38:06AM -0500, Justin McKillican wrote: > _any_ kernels? i just compiled 2.2.13 on gccf 2.95.1 and 2.95.2. I haven't had problems on x86, but I have had very few kernels work on the ppc box. Ciao, -- David N. Welton -+- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+- http://www.efn.org/~da

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 09:54:23AM +0100, VALETTE Eric wrote: > NB : be sure you use -fno-strict-aliasing when compiling as linux is known > to be broken using the strict-aliasin option. And so, in 2.95.2 and higher, they've made -fno-strict-aliasing the default again. Dan /-

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread Sven LUTHER
On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 02:37:28AM -0500, Phillip R. Jaenke wrote: > David Welton wrote: > > > > So, I was talking with Cort regarding my ongoing RS6K troubles, and he > > mentioned that trying an older compiler might help. > > > > I did indeed have a better time of getting a v2.2.14-preX going w

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously David Welton wrote: > How do I track down what is causing that? There are patches to continously print some registers such as the instructionpointer on your display; that allows you to see exactly where your kernel has crashed. I'm not sure if they're available for powerpc as well thou

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread Justin McKillican
> *sigh* this isn't just powerpc. this is x86 too. I can't get ANY kernels > to compile with gcc 2.95 or 2.91. Folks, I think at this point it's > SERIOUSLY advisable to just abandon gcc 2.9x as primary and change it to > optional. There's just too much stuff that will NOT compile with it. I > mea

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread VALETTE Eric
> "David" == David Welton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: David> How do I track down what is causing that? First try to find the .c file that is causing the problem. This may be easy or not :(. Then check that compiling that file only with egcs-1.1.2 fixes the problem. Then split the file in mult

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread David Welton
On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 09:32:39AM +0100, VALETTE Eric wrote: > There were two serious bugs in gcc-2.95.1 for PPC. I found them > while working on RTEMS on MCP750 (PowerPC Compaq PCI borad where I > also ported linux). I reported them and they are now fixed in > gcc-2.95.2. One was fixed within a

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread VALETTE Eric
> "Brendan" == Brendan Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Brendan> "Phillip R. Jaenke" wrote: Phillip> *sigh* this isn't just powerpc. this is x86 too. I can't get ANY kernels Phillip> to compile with gcc 2.95 or 2.91. Folks, I think at this point it's Phillip> SERIOUSLY advisable to just aba

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread Brendan Simon
"Phillip R. Jaenke" wrote: > *sigh* this isn't just powerpc. this is x86 too. I can't get ANY kernels > to compile with gcc 2.95 or 2.91. Folks, I think at this point it's > SERIOUSLY advisable to just abandon gcc 2.9x as primary and change it to > optional. There's just too much stuff that will N

Re: gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread Phillip R. Jaenke
David Welton wrote: > > So, I was talking with Cort regarding my ongoing RS6K troubles, and he > mentioned that trying an older compiler might help. > > I did indeed have a better time of getting a v2.2.14-preX going with > the 2.91 on my yellow dog partition. > > If we don't have a compiler tha

gcc 2.95.2 vs 2.91

1999-11-30 Thread David Welton
So, I was talking with Cort regarding my ongoing RS6K troubles, and he mentioned that trying an older compiler might help. I did indeed have a better time of getting a v2.2.14-preX going with the 2.91 on my yellow dog partition. If we don't have a compiler that can generate good code for kernels,