document inconsistant?

Min Xu mxu@cae.wisc.edu
Mon Apr 3 10:37:00 GMT 2000


Alexandre Oliva wrote:

> On Mar 31, 2000, Min Xu <mxu@cae.wisc.edu> wrote:
>
>
> Was GCC configured to generate code for ultrasparc by default?  It
> isn't fully supported, and will sometimes cause crashes like this when
> loading or storing doubles in memory when the address is not properly
> aligned.
>

Thanks much for pointed out this point to me. I have confirmed with
my system admin. And he does use UltraSPARC default option
when compiling gcc.

I think, due to the popularity of UltraSPARC for the time being, it is a
good
idea to state this "feature" explicitly in gcc installation documents.

Cheers,
-Owen



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