Re: kernel + gcc 4.1 = several problems

From: Alistair John Strachan
Date: Fri Jan 05 2007 - 10:53:16 EST


On Wednesday 03 January 2007 02:20, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
> On Wednesday 03 January 2007 02:12, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > On Tue, 2 Jan 2007 17:43:00 -0800 (PST), Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > > > The suggestions I've had so far which I have not yet tried:
> > > >
> > > > - Select a different x86 CPU in the config.
> > > > - Unfortunately the C3-2 flags seem to simply tell GCC
> > > > to schedule for ppro (like i686) and enabled MMX and SSE
> > > > - Probably useless
> > >
> > > Actually, try this one. Try using something that doesn't like "cmov".
> > > Maybe the C3-2 simply has some internal cmov bugginess.
> >
> > That's a good suggestion. Earlier C3s didn't have cmov so it's
> > not entirely unlikely that cmov in C3-2 is broken in some cases.
> > Configuring for P5MMX or 486 should be good safe alternatives.
>
> Or just C3 (not C3-2), which is what I've done.
>
> I'll report back whether it crashes or not.

This didn't help. After about 14 hours, the machine crashed again.

cmov is not the culprit.

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Cheers,
Alistair.

Final year Computer Science undergraduate.
1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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