> I've found the reason for problem, I've had with the 2.1.x kernels for quite
> some time. My problem was, that a simple main() { for (;;); } stopped
> the whole machine. The reason for my problem is a bug in gcc (or two to
> be exact). Because I couldn't compile isdn_common.c with -O2, I've changed
> the CFLAGS in Makefile to compile only with -O. This triggers another more
> unvisible bug in gcc, when compiling arch/alpha/kernel/irq.c, which causes
> the problem with the hanging.
I'd be very interested to know more details on this so we can fix gcc.
Most importantly: what version of gcc are you using? (2.8.0 was known to
have problems, use 2.8.1 at least)
--Scott
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