Re: RedHat 5.0, Cyrix processor and egcs

[John Runar Hovland <root at 209-142-3-90 dot stk dot inreach dot net>]

> 
> I've been getting signal 11 errors with the bundled gcc (the gcc pointed to
> by the errata seems to work) so I wonder if anyone has installed EGCS on
> linux/intel with a 6x86 processor, and whether that install is reliable.

I run egcs-1.00 on my 6x86-P200+, and it is quite reliable for me so 
far... I'm also using glibc-2.0.5c... I haven't compiled too many things
with it (dosemu, modutils, kernel, amp, maybe a few others), and I have
no complaints... 
> 
> Have you done things like compile the 2.0.32 kernel with it?
> 
I'm using a 2.1.76 Linux kernel I compiled with egcs-1.00.  It's been
running a few days with no problems related to egcs AFAIK 
(sound driver isn't working (it's a module); 90% sure that's a
kernel/configuration problem)

I haven't tried compiling any 2.0.x kernels with it; I've seen a few
messages bouncing around the egcs list that suggest to me the 2.0.3x
kernels are broken w.r.t. egcs and gcc-2.8 (specifically, changes
to -funroll-all-loops handling is exposing a kernel problem) while
the 2.1.7x kernels (76, at least) are fine.

Bottom line, IMHO 2.0.32 shouldn't be compiled with egcs or gcc-2.8,
whether or not you've got a 6x86.
					-Runar
				rhovland@soda.csua.berkeley.edu