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Re: Tonight's snapshot
- To: Joe Buck <jbuck at Synopsys dot COM>
- Subject: Re: Tonight's snapshot
- From: Jeffrey A Law <law at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 1999 12:17:30 -0600
- cc: jkj at sco dot com, egcs at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- Reply-To: law at cygnus dot com
In message <199907141752.KAA07912@atrus.synopsys.com>you write:
> OK, let's say that I have gcc-2.95 installed, and I download texinfo
> (same version, approx) from the FSF. Are you saying that I'll see
> a miscompile for pentiumpro? We *do* use the compiler for other things
> than to build itself, you know. :-)
Yup. That's why I'm trying to get it solved. I'm just not sure I will
actually find a safe solution for this stage in the game.
> Everything's a reload problem. reload is a problem.
:-)
> If we really can't fix it, then at least maybe we can put out an item in
> the FAQ explaining which file(s) to compile at a lower level of
> optimization.
More correctly, just warn about the pentiumpro stuff, particularly conditional
moves, which are the ultimate trigger for this problem.
jeff
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