Re: new processes very slow on otherwise responsive system (2.1.

Tom Vier (nester@nester.dyn.ml.org)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 20:59:25 -0500 (EST)

> egcs-1.1b was unable to produce an operational 2.1.127 for me. It panics
> when mounting the root filesystem. I had to revert back to older
> gcc-2.7.2.3 in order to have an operational kernel.
>
> This was the _first_ time I've had an incompatibility with any version of
> egcs in over a year.

are you using an x86? i at least know of a ppc egcs bug that caused
bad kernels. the bug had something to do w/ trampolines. i have a patch
for ppc, if you'd like to see if a similar bug exists for other
platforms.

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