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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!uknet!axion!micromuse!hilly!martin From: peter@micromuse.co.uk (Peter Galbavy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: How suitable is gcc-2.2.2 for 386bsd? Message-ID: <martin.720100445@hilly> Date: 26 Oct 92 11:54:05 GMT References: <colin.719809711@marsh> <1992Oct23.065308.15617@ntuix.ntu.ac.sg> <1992Oct23.222805.24970@klaava.Helsinki.FI> Organization: MicroMuse Limited, London, England. Lines: 16 torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Torvalds) writes: >But there *IS* at least a couple of reasons for trouble with gcc-2.2.2 >under 386bsd: > - math support. gcc-2.2.2 generates many new 387-instructions relative .... > - gcc-2.x generates the 386 string instructions, and doesn't put a 'cld' .... and don't forget not being able to rebuild the machdep.c kernel file. All the others go OK, but when I last hacked around (a month or two ago) this was very much the case. If anyone has a workaround yet, let me know :-) -- Peter Galbavy Tech Support, Micromuse Ltd Phone: +44 71 352 7774 E-Mail: P.Galbavy@micromuse.co.uk