Re: [crash, bisected] Re: [PATCH 3/4] x86_64: Fold pda into per cpuarea

[Mike Travis]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Mike Travis wrote:
>> Mike Travis wrote:
>> ...  I'm still re-verifying that the source bits and config options
>>> are identical (it was a later git-remote update), and that in fact it is
>>> the gcc --version, but that may be the conclusion.  
>> ...
>>
>> Yup, it's the gcc --version that makes the difference.  GCC 4.2.0
>> couldn't
>> boot past the grub screen, GCC 4.2.4 made it to the login prompt.
>>
> 
> IIRC, 4.2.0, 4.2.1 and 4.3.0 are known to miscompile the kernel in one
> way or another, however, that is from memory so don't quote me on it.
> 
>     -hpa

Great.  That's what's been on my devel server for the past 3 or 4 months now... 

[And it's a big shared server that I'm but a small ant wandering around on it. ;-)]
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