egcs: Problems compiling recen Linux kernels on intel

[Jeffrey A Law]

  In message < 199712041803.KAA13273@atrus.synopsys.com >you write:
  > 
  > > > Please don't get the Linux people starting using -fno-strength-reduce
  > > > again.  You're just saying "I want my kernel to run more slowly".
  > > > That workaround is inferior to using the patch.
  > > 
  > > What patch? The FAQ asks for a workaround, this is one.
  > 
  > I understand that there is a patch to fix this problem ... sorry I don't
  > have a pointer to it.  It has been applied to the 2.1.x kernels.
Let's make sure we're talking about the same problem.

There's at least two problems with process.c -- one causes egcs
to crash building process.c, the other causes gcc-2.8 to mis-compile
process.c.

[ They may actually be the same bogus asm statement -- I don't know. ]

I know that newer 2.1.x kernels have the fix for the gcc-2.8 mis-
compilation.  I don't know if those kernels have a fix for the
egcs abort when compiling process.c.

[ Note the next egcs snapshot will have the ADDRESSOF optimizations
  so the mis-comilation problem will be an issue for egcs real soon.]


Jeff