Re: 2.1.128 / current EGCS
Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:19:04 +0200 (EET)
> Current EGCS/PGCC snapshots don't like this construct in
> include/asm/string.h:
>
> __asm__("cld\n\t" \
> "rep ; movsl" \
> x \
> : /* no outputs */ \
> : "c" (n/4),"D" ((long) to),"S" ((long) from) \
> : "cx","di","si","memory");
>
> ("fixed or forbidden register 2 (cx) was spilled for class CREG.")
>
> Is there any fix for this (aside from switching to gcc or an earlier EGCS
> snapshot, which of course works)?
At the moment the bleeding-edge-egcs is so buggy with its new
register spillage code that you are tempting the fate when using
it in optimizer mode.
Version just before Oct 28 should be safe.
> LLaP
> bero
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi> egcs bleeder at Alpha...
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