Re: alpha/2.4.x: CPU misdetection, possible miscompilation

2001-05-17 Thread Jay Estabrook
On Thu, May 17, 2001 at 02:23:03PM +0200, Michael Wildpaner wrote: > > trying to boot any 2.4.x kernel on a Tsunami DP264 alpha with dual EV67, > we found the following problems: > > CPU misdetection: > > On our machine the cpu->type field contains 0x8000B > (= 2^35 + 11) instea

Re: alpha/2.4.x: CPU misdetection, possible miscompilation

2001-05-17 Thread Alan Cox
> > Does gcc 2.96 or the gcc 3.0 snapshot also show this problem ? > > 'gcc version 3.0 20010426' is fine. > I don't have 2.96 at the moment, but can install if necessary. No real need - the important thijng is that the gcc 3.0 compiler to be gets it right. - To unsubscribe from this list: send

Re: alpha/2.4.x: CPU misdetection, possible miscompilation

2001-05-17 Thread Michael Wildpaner
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Alan Cox wrote: > > possible miscompilation of smp_tune_scheduling: > > These versions of gcc > > gcc version 2.95.3 20010111 > > gcc version 2.95.4 20010506 > > Does gcc 2.96 or the gcc 3.0 snapshot also show this problem ? 'gcc version 3.0 2001

Re: alpha/2.4.x: CPU misdetection, possible miscompilation

2001-05-17 Thread Alan Cox
> possible miscompilation of smp_tune_scheduling: > These versions of gcc > gcc version 2.95.3 20010111 > gcc version 2.95.4 20010506 Does gcc 2.96 or the gcc 3.0 snapshot also show this problem ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-

alpha/2.4.x: CPU misdetection, possible miscompilation

2001-05-17 Thread Michael Wildpaner
Hi, trying to boot any 2.4.x kernel on a Tsunami DP264 alpha with dual EV67, we found the following problems: CPU misdetection: On our machine the cpu->type field contains 0x8000B (= 2^35 + 11) instead of 0xB (= hwrpb.h: #define EV67_CPU 11). The spurious high bit l