Re: Compiling 2.4.1-preX series - Confirmed - PGCC sucks

[Shawn Starr]

Yes, it appears the PGCC patches *BREAK* GCC (go figure). 2.4.1-pre7 compiled
fine. JUST as pre8 was released *sigh*
oh well, at least now I wont have to worry about any compiler bugs (unless
some are discovered with 2.95.2) ;)

Shawn.

Shawn Starr wrote:

> Fair enough, but something in bugs.h changed from 2.4.0 to 2.4.1-preX and
> broke my GCC, I shall recompile GCC with no PGCC patches however if this
> happens still then there's a problem somewhere.
>
> I dont know what FXSR is but there was no problem in 2.4.0 with this.
>
>  diff include/asm-i386/bugs.h ../linux/include/asm-i386/bugs.h  |
> more78a79
> > #if defined(CONFIG_X86_FXSR) || defined(CONFIG_X86_RUNTIME_FXSR)
> 82,85c83,85
> <  if (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.i387.fxsave) & 15) {
> <   extern void __buggy_fxsr_alignment(void);
> <   __buggy_fxsr_alignment();
> <  }
> ---
> >  if (offsetof(struct task_struct, thread.i387.fxsave) & 15)
> >   panic("Kernel compiled for PII/PIII+ with FXSR, data not 16-byte
> aligned!");
> >
> 90a91,92
>
> Jes Sorensen wrote:
>
> > >>>>> "Shawn" == Shawn Starr <[e-mail]> writes:
> >
> > Shawn> Which compiler will compile the 2.4.1-preX series? Since 2.4.0,
> > Shawn> my GCC 2.95.2 patched with PGCC 2.95.3 (which creates
> > Shawn> pgcc-2.95.2) refuses to compile any versions after this. Which
> > Shawn> is the next stable and binary compatable compiler?
> >
> > Shawn> Anyone have any suggestions? I dont wish to use the development
> > Shawn> GCC 2.96/2.97 because they will break my binary compatability
> > Shawn> with pgcc-2.95.2/3.
> >
> > Yes, it's simple you want the real gcc 2.96/2.97 or egcs-1.1.2. pgcc
> > is not supported.
> >
> > Jes
>
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