> Linus> Oh, this release may or may not work on Linux/alpha: at least
> Linus> gcc-2.7.0 using -O2 seems to mess up the compilation of
> Linus> fs/ext2/file.c (it compiles "cleanly", but the resulting
> Linus> assembly doesn't really match the original C code very well -
> Linus> it dies on bootup). I haven't tried a newer compiler
> Linus> (anybody?).
> gcc-2.7.1 seems to get things right (at least with -O as I have the
> bad habit of not using -O2...).
I still have problems building a kernel with SCSI-support on my
Noname 233Mhz with 1MB Cache and 64MB Ram. I have milo 1.3.34 (I
think) installed, and after trying to boot the selfmade kernel, it
reports only 24MB - this did milo also when booted by linload under
the ARC-Console...
The second problem is that sometimes processes hang and cannot be
killed. After that, every call to sync hangs, so I suspect problems
with IDE or SCSI.
> PS: I uploaded a micro-patch for gcc-2.7.1 that fixes the glimit.h
> problem that many of you ran into. Before building gcc-2.7.1, be
> sure to apply both of axpsrc-gcc-2.7.1.patch{,-2}.gz (as usual, they
> patches are in ftp://ftp.azstarnet.com/pub/linux/axp/misc).
I have ftped both patches, the axpbin-binutils and libs, build a new
gcc-2.7.1 and took a fresh 1.3.53 archive.
Bye, Olaf