[parisc-linux] B132L: Success and thanks!

Aaron St. Pierre asp@ungod.com
Thu, 6 Feb 2003 10:59:39 -0500


Hats off guys ! Get some sleep ! 


In another life John David Anglin wrote:

> > It has been suggested to keep a version of gcc-3.0 around (gcc-3.2 gets
> > installed w/ sid ) and perhaps use that to build your kernels. 
> > I am not sure is this is a requirement any longer. 
> 
> There were two patches installed in the 3.2 branch last weekend to address
> the kernel miscompilation.  They are in 3.2.2 released this week.  The main
> problem was fixed in 3.3 and the main by a series of patches installed in
> the later half of 2002.
> 
> Randolph Chung and Grant Grundler reduced the problems to simple testcases.
> Eric Botcazou diagnosed both problems.  Eric and Franz Sirl determined the
> patch set needed.  Randolph, Franz and myself helped with testing.
> 
> It was quite an intensive bit of work resolving this problem and getting
> it into 3.2.2.  All those who participated deserve a vote of thanks.
> 
> Dave
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