Re: 2.4.0-test9 + Winchip2/2A processor family == hang on boot

From: Frank de Lange (frank@unternet.org)
Date: Tue Oct 10 2000 - 20:25:08 EDT

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    Hi'all,

    Solved the problem with Winchip not booting. It turns out they do not like the
    code generated by gcc (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) when the
    -march=i686 flag is set. Changing this flag to -march=i586 makes to box boot
    like it should.

    I do not have a working egcs 1.1.x or gcc 2.7.2x here, but I presume they DO
    produce working code, if only because the earlier compilers lacked specific
    support for pentium and above. It seems the arch/i386/Makefile is incorrect in
    stating that these Winchips are in fact i686 compatible, or it might be that
    gcc does bad things to these processors. Anyway, included is a small patch to
    solve these problems with Winchips.

    Cheers//Frank 

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