Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 17:25:08 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: shimon@simon-shapiro.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Compiler Bug??? Message-ID: <199711250655.RAA00340@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 24 Nov 1997 23:03:02 PDT." <199711250603.XAA25821@mt.sri.com>
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> 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? I'm inclined to agree with Nate in that it's unlikely that you have found a compiler bug, more likely an environment (eg. kernel) bug that is causing you some serious grief. mike
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