Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:29:59 +0300 (EEST)
From: Erhan Bilgili <erhan AT altay DOT adm DOT deu DOT edu DOT tr>
To: Steve Snyder <swsnyder AT home DOT com>
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Subject: Re: ICE in pgcc v2.95.1 with -O3 or greater
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> After downloading the pgcc v2.95.1 SRPMS from Erhan Bilgili's site
> (ftp://ftp.deu.edu.tr/pub/linux/PentiumGCC/SRPM/pgcc-2.95.1-1.src.rpm),
> I attempted to build it on my RedHat 6.0 (with v2.2.11 kernel) system.


	hello,

	hmm... interesting ... i used the compiler to built lots of tools
but with -mk6 and -mpentiumpro  -O6 -fexpensive-optimizations and many
other stuff . everything worked fine and compile without errors . 

> I initially attempted to build the SRPM with the switches "-mcpu=i585 -O3"
> (this is the value of the RPM_OPT_FLAGS used in the spec file).  Doing so
> caused an internal compiler error (ICE) when the 2nd stage of the build
> process began.  I backed it down to "-mcpu=i585 -O2" and the compiler
> built successfully.
> 
> After installing the newly-built pgcc binaries, I attempted to rebuild the
> glibc libraries (in the form of glibc-2.1.1-7.src.rpm).  Again I found
> that "-mcpu=i585 -O3" whould cause an ICE, where "-mcpu=i585 -O2" would
> not.
> 
> Has anyone else seen this problem?
> 
> One thing I should note: I am using binutils v2.9.1.0.23, as provided by
> RH 6.0, where v2.9.1.0.25 is recommended.  Could this be a factor in my
> inability to go above -O2 optimization?  Where can a find a (S)RPM of
> binutils v2.9.1.0.25?

	i have the SRPM of the beta binutils 2.9.5.0.8 and 2.9.5.0.5 .
i used both without problems .

		Erhan Bilgili

> Thank you.
> 
>