Re: gcc-2.95 broken on PPC?

Wolfgang Denk (wd@denx.de)
Thu, 10 Apr 2003 16:42:46 +0200

In message <200304101256.h3ACuSw3022796@harpo.it.uu.se> you wrote:
>
> It seems gcc-2.95, specifically 2.95.4 as included in YDL2.3,
> generates incorrect code for recent 2.4 standard kernels on PPC.

Ummm.. do you have any direct evidence, i. e. a source file where the
generated object code is obviously wrong?

> However, bugs #1 (zlib.c) and #3 (div64.h) disappear if I compile
> my kernels with gcc-3.2.2 instead of 2.95.4, which is a strong
> indication that 2.95.4 is broken on PPC. Is this something that's

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.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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