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Subject: Re: More developments in the kernel compile with Pentium-GCC 
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Date: Sun, 05 Oct 1997 01:34:29 +0930
From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
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> When I boot it with no options, it panics with the message "Fatal double fault" and then does:
...
> However, when I boot with the -v option, it boots and runs fine (as I can see) and runs as fast as a bat out of h*** compared to the normal FreeBSD kernel.

"pgcc produces fast but wrong code" - we have known this for some time.

What would be more helpful would be for you to help the pgcc people fix 
their code generation so that it produced fast and correct code. 8)

mike