Re: linux kernel building for mips malta target board

[David Daney <ddaney at avtrex dot com>]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> David Daney wrote:
>
> > > > Also, make sure to NOT use any of the 4.1 GCC stuff with Linux/MIPS
> > > > kernels. I am still tracking down errors with it. 
> > >
> > >
> > > Are these problems in gcc, perhaps?  If so, you only have
> > > a few weeks left to report them before the cutoff
> > > for gcc-4.1's release, I think.
> >
> >
> > It has not even branched from the mainline yet.  Anything that 
> > prevents us from building the linux kernel would be a regression, and 
> > could be fixed up until the final release (perhaps in January).
>
>
> I guess I was including a month or so of padding
> because MIPS is a second-tier platform, and the
> chances of a bug getting fixed are a lot higher if
> you report it a month before released as opposed to
> a week before release.
>
> Incidentally, I seem to recall that the gcc maintainers
> would like in general to not branch until near-release
> quality is achieved, then release very soon after the
> branch.  So in a sense, once the branch is made,
> it may be almost too late to fix a bug in a secondary
> platform.

It is always better to find and fix earlier rather than later.

Steve, what is the nature of the bug?

I could try to reproduce if I knew what I was looking for.

David Daney.

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