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Re: egcs19990321 snapshot rejects linux v.2.2.4 kernel includes


  In message <3.0.5.32.19990330125900.0079f570@voruta.vu.lt>you write:
  > Code which includes <asm/posix_types.h> (see the end of the post) fails
  > with egsc 19990321 snapshot release on linux 2.2.4 with the message:
  > 
  > "fixed or forbidden register 2 (cx) was spilled for class CREG".
  > 
  > 
  > It looks like the old well known problem but... (Yes I read the FAQ).
  > 
  > 1. The kernel files are from the version 2.2.4 (not 2.0.x).
  > 
  > 2. The problem affects building other programs not the linux kernel
  > (actualy I didn't try to compile kernel with this egsc version, I tried to
  > compile gdb).
  > 
  > 3. The explanation in the FAQ doesn't help anyway. The assembler statement
  > is correct according to the FAQ - register cx is not "marked as clobbered".
Provide cpp output.  Not the source macros.

jeff