Subject: Re: bin/2181: bug in gcc/i386 optimizer
To: None <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
From: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 03/06/1996 17:36:07
> Date: Wed, 6 Mar 1996 14:48:30 -0500
> From: der Mouse <mouse@Collatz.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>

> seebs@solon.com sez this happens on m68k.  I just tried it on
> NetBSD/sparc (an IPC), everything built from Feb 27 sup sources.  And I
> see the bug too.  Probably something at least mostly MI....
> 
> Kinda makes me want to take all -O options out of the world builds.   I
> already find that NetBSD/sun3 kernel builds fail due to an optimizer
> bug; when the current build-of-the-world finishes on my /sun3 machine,
> if it still happens, I'll generate a PR for that too.

I was wondering about the new compiler too.
My sun3 kernels worked better after I cross-compiled from a
sparc with SunOS and gcc-2.5.8 - haven't looked into it yet.

Gordon