Bug 13015

Summary: Linux kernel will not compile in i586 with gcc-2.96-21.i386.rpm
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Raw Hide Reporter: Reuben Farrelly <reuben-redhatbugzilla>
Component: gccAssignee: Jakub Jelinek <jakub>
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Description Reuben Farrelly 2000-06-25 14:42:38 UTC 
The newest released development kernel linux-2.4.0-test2 will compile but 
produce a bad binary after compiling with the gcc-2.96-21.i386.rpm package 
and the associated cpp/gcc/gcc-c++ packages that go with it.  Setting the 
keymap, using sshd, named, smb and ntp all the latest in the rawhide 
distribution, fail soon after each daemon is started up, making for an 
unusable system.

Upon downgrading to cpp/egcs/egcs-c++/libstdc++(-1.1.2-30.i386.rpm) (the 
original 6.2 distribution versions) the kernel builds correctly and runs 
without problems.

While I realise that this is all very bleeding edge stuff, it suggests 
that something is amiss with the compiler, or maybe the compiler options 
that the kernel is using.  I used the same binutils and glibc, also the 
latest in the rawhide distribution and only the change of compiler solved 
the problem.  I also used a standard tarball from the linux kernel 
mirrors.  My system is based on Redhat 6.2.
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-07-22 17:26:44 UTC 
It's 6 of one, half a dozen of the other whether it's gcc-2.96 or the kernel's
aggressive
use of inline assembly that is at fault. Meanwhile, compile kernel's using egcs
and/or
gcc-2.95.3 (I believe that works as well).