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Date:      Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:40:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Subject:   Re: Compiler Bug???
Message-ID:  <XFMail.971125174048.shimon@Simon-Shapiro.ORG>
In-Reply-To: <199711250655.RAA00340@word.smith.net.au>

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On 25-Nov-97 Mike Smith wrote:
>> Guess what, you have bad memory!  Seriously, this is not a compiler
>> bug,
>> but something in your hardware that is hosed up.  Either the memory
>> is
>> bad, the timings are bad, the cache is bad, or some combination of
>> the
>> above is bad.  Compiler bugs don't go away on reboots, but corrupted
>> memory does.
> 
> ... just to clarify here, as I am reading Simon slightly differently 
> from you;
> 
>  - code built while running UP works.
>  - code built while running SMP fails.
> 
> Simon, are you using the -pipe option with gcc?  Have you tried
> without 
> it?  What optimisation level are you using?

Yup. In pusuit of faaaast make world times, this was suggested.

It seems quiter and better last couple of days.  Maybe El-nino :-)

Simon




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