Re: egcs/linux networking problem isolated

Jeffrey A Law (law@upchuck.cygnus.com)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 21:05:09 -0600


In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.9904141036590.23756-100000@mullet.itr.unisa.edu.au>
you write:
> Um, I've got egg on my face again. linux-2.2.5/include/asm/spinlock.h has
> the following, which makes it quite invalid to mix & match linux object
> files compiled with different versions of gcc. Grrr.
Joys ;( Good to know though since I also use the mix-n-match approach to
bug hunting.

> This means the egcs/linux networking bug is still hiding.
Can you try an experiment -- compile with -fvolatile?

It's worth noting my i586 & i686 are both running 2.2.5 compiled with
egcs development sources on Apr 1/Apr 2.

jeff

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