Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760893AbXESQLa (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 12:11:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754488AbXESQLX (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 12:11:23 -0400 Received: from mail-in-07.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.47]:38183 "EHLO mail-in-07.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754297AbXESQLX (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 May 2007 12:11:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <023132a5c5a4f07ec2d46b0515a55d4b@kernel.crashing.org> References: <200705190953.l4J9rjO2024613@harpo.it.uu.se> <023132a5c5a4f07ec2d46b0515a55d4b@kernel.crashing.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mikael Pettersson , lkml Mailing List , linuxppc-dev list From: Segher Boessenkool Subject: Re: gcc-4.2.0 breakage on powerpc? Date: Sat, 19 May 2007 18:11:20 +0200 To: Segher Boessenkool X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 893 Lines: 27 >>>> and we'll end up >>>> having major kernel releases which don't build on i386 with major >>>> gcc >>>> releases, which isn't altogether desirable. >>> >>> Yeah, like 4.2.0 with powerpc. Seems like no one tested it :-( >> >> Details please. What exactly are the gcc-4.2.0 problems on powerpc? > > http://gcc.gnu.org/PR31490 . Most stuff using named > sections won't build; that includes CONFIG_MODULES. > There is no viable workaround. The problem is being > handled. I'll post a patch for the kernel refusing > to build with this combination soon. [Cc:ing the PowerPC list] Oh btw, most likely this is a problem on 64-bit only. Segher - 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/