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Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 12:53:42 +0200
From: David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se>
To: "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" <kernel@blackhole.compendium-tech.com>
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Subject: Re: is this a bug?
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0108072041400.23797-100000@sol.compendium-tech.com>; from kernel@blackhole.compendium-tech.com on Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:45:15PM -0700
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On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 08:45:15PM -0700, Dr. Kelsey Hudson wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2001, J Sloan wrote:
> 
> > "Dr. Kelsey Hudson" wrote:
> 
> > > It's a bug in that screwed up compiler redhat shipped with 7.1.
> 
> > Oh please, not this FUD again.....
> 
> Call it what you wish -- But, if I see something break when using a
> certain compiler option versus another compiler option that does not
> cause a break, chances are it's a bug in the compiler. After all, the
> Athlon support *is* a new feature, is it not?
> 
> I don't even know why I bothered replying. Don't feed the trolls... Gotta
> watch for those signs....

Ah, but if you'd been observant you'd have noticed what kind of motherboard
he has (a VIA) and if you have been reading your kernel-list lately,
you'd have known that almost noone has been able to get a Athlon-optimized
kernel to work in a stable manner on those; probably because of the
Athlon-optimizations stressing the hardware too much.

I'd say flakey hardware is the problem here, not the compiler.


/David Weinehall
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