Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 19 Mar 1998 05:34:02 +0100 (CET) | From | Niels Kristian Bech Jensen <> | Subject | Re: is gcc 2.8 safe to use yet ? |
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On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, Marek Habersack wrote:
> The XFree86 servers still don't run with a kernel compiled with a gcc 2.8.x > with the following command line: > > -march=pentium -O3 -fomit-frame-pointer <the usual align stuff> > > It seems that the i586+ optimizations break the linux Unix sockets code. The X > server dies with "cannot open socket" message. At first I thought it's a > problem with the X servers, but when I reported it I received a response that > gcc 2.8.x breaks X only on Linux. > Just a while ago I have compiled the 2.0.34-pre3 kernel with gcc 2.8.1 and > -m386 instead of -march=pentium and with -O2 -fomit... -fno-strength.. - the > effect is the same, X won't run. > I use the standing compile options for an i486 (-m486 -O2 -fomit-fr... -fno-str.. etc.) X runs fine on my system (RH5 with updates.)
-- Med venlig hilsen / Best regards nkbj@image.dk Niels Kristian Bech Jensen http://www.image.dk/~nkbj/
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