possible bug in gcc-2.95.xxx on ultrasparc Solaris 2.7 with mcpu=ultrasparc

[robert somerville]

I have built gcc 2.95 & gcc 2.95.2 on my Solaris 2.7 (7) machine an Ultra 1.

when running the nbench utility found at :

www.tux.org/~mayer/linux/bmark.html I consistently get a BUS error, this does not occur
with EGCS 1.1.2
the CFLAG I use is gcc  -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc

The offending option seems to be -mcpu=ultrasparc.

Compiling with -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=supersparc results in no bus error !



[redwood]{488}[nbench-byte-2.1]: gmake
gcc  -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc\
        -c emfloat.c
gcc  -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc\
        -c misc.c
gcc  -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc\
        -c nbench0.c
gcc  -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc\
        -c nbench1.c
gcc  -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc\
        -c sysspec.c
gcc  -DLINUX -s -static -Wall -O3 -mcpu=ultrasparc \
        emfloat.o misc.o nbench0.o nbench1.o sysspec.o\
        -o nbench -lm
[redwood]{489}[nbench-byte-2.1]: gcc --version
2.95.2
[redwood]{490}[nbench-byte-2.1]: ./nbench

BYTEmark* Native Mode Benchmark ver. 2 (10/95)
Index-split by Andrew D. Balsa (11/97)
Linux/Unix* port by Uwe F. Mayer (12/96,11/97)

TEST                : Iterations/sec.  : Old Index   : New Index
                    :                  : Pentium 90* : AMD K6/233*
--------------------:------------------:-------------:------------
Bus error (core dumped)

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robert somerville 
Geophysicist / Geophysical Programmer