I did not run 2.3.3 enough to have an opinion. I can try if you want though
when I'm back home (in about 18h)
> The other (obvious) thing I'd like to verify is whether the problem
> happens with gcc-2.7.2 too.. This can't be the alias issue, but it could
> be something else, and if it's a compiler difference then the _real_
> problem may be somewhere else than in the 2.3.4 changes - 2.3.4 may just
> have exposed a completely unrelated thing (whether compiler of kernel) for
> instruction scheduling reasons or something..
I compiled with -fno-strict-aliasing (sorry should have mentioned that).
I can try with 2.7.2 later, but I would prefer not too many experiments
because I fear of my data @)
-Andi
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