Re: gcc in testing (2.95.4) can't a build working kernel

2002-02-16 Thread Scott Venier
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > I don't know much about the qlogicisp driver since I don't have one (I > stick to symbios chips on my alphas since I'm VERY familiar with them from > my API days). Is that line the memcpy line? If so, what are the details > on the panic? Als

Re: gcc in testing (2.95.4) can't a build working kernel

2002-02-15 Thread Scott Venier
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > I'm attaching a patch for the SMP problem. I think gcc is generating bad > code, but the function that it's generating bad code for is > unnecessary. Unfortunately, upstream kernel people never saw fit to > accept this patch. > any chance you

gcc in testing (2.95.4) can't a build working kernel

2002-02-13 Thread Scott Venier
Hello. That's a bit of a broad statement in the subject line, so let me clairify a bit. gcc 2.95.4 on alpha has some pretty nasty bugs. Because of those bugs, it can't build many parts of the linux kernel. Some of the problems are in device drivers (the adaptec 2940 driver is one, DAC960 anothe