Re: As 2.0 looms

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 25 Apr 1996 22:36:16 +0100 (BST)

> Perhaps 2.5.8 would work with less optimizations? I already know about
> -fno-strength-reduce - any other flags necessary to generate correct code?

-V2.6.3 ;)

It generates wrong code around some variables and moves loads beyond
memory references in inline functions. Notably it can migrate writes to after
an sti() or restore_flags(). It (and 2.6.2) also get the nested functions in
igmp.c a little wrong.

Alan