Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263011AbTEVSVd (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 14:21:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263023AbTEVSVd (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 14:21:33 -0400 Received: from 205-158-62-136.outblaze.com ([205.158.62.136]:19684 "HELO fs5-4.us4.outblaze.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263011AbTEVSVc (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 May 2003 14:21:32 -0400 Subject: Re: [RFC] Disallow compilation with gcc 3.2.3 (was: Re: 2.5.69-mm6: pccard oops while booting:) From: Felipe Alfaro Solana To: Carl-Daniel Hailfinger Cc: Andrew Morton , rmk@arm.linux.org.uk, LKML , davej@suse.de In-Reply-To: <3ECCCF76.3020800@gmx.net> References: <1052964213.586.3.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030514191735.6fe0998c.akpm@digeo.com> <1052998601.726.1.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030515130019.B30619@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1053004615.586.2.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030515144439.A31491@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <1053037915.569.2.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030515160015.5dfea63f.akpm@digeo.com> <1053090184.653.0.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <1053110098.648.1.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030516132908.62e54266.akpm@digeo.com> <1053121346.569.1.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <3EC56173.1000306@gmx.net> <1053166275.586.9.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <20030517031840.486683fc.akpm@digeo.com> <1053169552.613.1.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <3EC61B63.9020906@gmx.net> <1053175886.660.4.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <1053286732.812.5.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> <3ECCCF76.3020800@gmx.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Message-Id: <1053628462.646.4.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.3.3 (Preview Release) Date: 22 May 2003 20:34:22 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1130 Lines: 23 On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 15:24, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote: > Felipe Alfaro Solana wrote: > > I've read the announcement of gcc 3.3 and saw that gcc 3.2 is not yet > > supported for linux kernel compilations (I've been using Red Hat's > > gcc-3.2.3-4 to compile 2.5.69-mm6). So I thought, what would happen if I > > use gcc 2.96 to compile the kernel instead? > > > > And voil?... I've compiled 2.5.69-mm6 with Red Hat's 2.96.118 and now, > > I'm unable to reproduce the pccard oops you've been trying to chase > > down. Does this mean the pccard oops was caused by a compiler bug? > > Nobody has found an error in the code we talked about, so a compiler bug > in gcc 3.2.3 seems to be the only explanation. I would say it's indeed a bug with gcc 3.2.3. I'm now compiling using 2.96 and the problem has disappeared completely. Maybe I'll give a try with gcc 3.3 to see how it works. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/