Re: Linux 2.1.26 Compile error

Hans Lermen (lermen@elserv.ffm.fgan.de)
Mon, 3 Mar 1997 11:05:54 +0100 (MET)


On Sun, 2 Mar 1997, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> With gcc 2.2.7 and binutils-2.7.0.9 everything compiles fine. However, I
> can FORCE the problem you describe by changing the optimize flag in the
> top-level Makefile to "-O6". Therefore, I think the problem is a bug in
^^^^
This is problematic for the kernel, because with > -O2 functions are
automatically converted to __inline__. Not what the kernel likes (stack
layouts changing), the kernel wants to decide itself where it uses __inline__.

So I guess with -O6 you are forceing a lot of _other_ odds.

Hans
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