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Re: GCC 4.2.1 : bootstrap fails at stage 2. compiler produces wrong binary for wrong processor
> Dennis Clarke wrote:
>> At the moment GCC 4.2.1 seems to be tied to the UltraSparc processor and
>> thus the older sun4m and 32-bit Sparc machines are being ignored.
>
> The default cpu is v8plus. You can change that by using the configure
> option --with-cpu=v8 or --with-cpu=v7 depending on how old your machine is.
A number of people have fired this at me and the configure script is running
now with --wite-cpu=v7 there.
I realize that this hardware is at the end of its life. Probably well past.
But I am doing this for experimental reasons only. This is my litmus test
that allows me to verify that GCC is *still* the definitive free compiler
which will run on virtually anything anywhere .. even on old old junk like
this. After this is done and I submit the testsuite I will decommision this
machine.
Actually the definitive free compiler would be the Sun Studio 12 compiler
but only if you run Solaris 9 and up.
Dennis