A1200 2.4.17 bug - found problem!!!

[Alan B. <al...@ms...>]

hi,

I'm 95% sure that I've found the problem with > 2.4.13 kernels.

its the f'ing GCC compiler.


2.95.4 seems to be the culprit.  last night I compiled
the 2.4.13 source with it....and we all know this kernel
works fine (Its the one i normally run anyway!)...but
after a compile on my current system it freezes at exactly
the same point as the 2.4.17 compile...at the IDE probing/detection
part,

2.95.4 either has a nasty 603 bug...or optimises something away
which shouldnt be touched.  so, either we change things in our
tree to stop this...or advice that everyone leave 2.95.4 well alone
and either backtrack to 2.95.2 or move up to 3.x - anyone playing
with 3.x?

in the meantime...have to figure out how to get my GCC back to a 
nice one with apt-get......


alan - and i thought only 2.96.x was screwed :-(