Re: 2.2.15, eepro100, possibly gcc-related?

From: Andrey Savochkin (saw@saw.sw.com.sg)
Date: Mon May 22 2000 - 22:40:24 EDT

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    Hello,

    On Mon, May 22, 2000 at 02:48:14PM +0200, Cedric Ware wrote:
    > On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 01:25:34PM +0200, I wrote:
    > > Now I thought of something: Debian-frozen's gcc is 2.95.2, and kernels
    > > used not to support versions other than 2.7.2.3. Has there been a change
    > > in that policy? Should I try building with the older gcc?
    >
    > Well, I have rebuilt a 2.2.15 kernel + eepro100.c revision 1.20.2.5 with
    > gcc 2.7.2.3 and haven't yet been able to reproduce the problem (38 reboots
    > today). What do you think? Does anybody compile his kernels with the
    > latest versions of gcc?

    I compile kernel with 2.7.2.3.
    In any case, the different behavior of 2.7.2.3 and egcs compiled drivers may
    be the driver problem, like unspotted time-critical operations, or
    insufficient barriers. I would like to get more confirmations if it
    really works with 2.7.2.3. If so, I will compare the assembly code and try
    to figure out what the problem is.

    Best regards
                    Andrey

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