>>-O works because optimisation removes an unused reference to a nonexistent
>>variable. The variable once existed and was used. It still exists under
>>a different name.
>
>So you're saying that both the compiler and the code are broken?
Only the code.
Bruce
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At 14:24 23/07/99 +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
>>> > Put -O back in the COPTFLAGS.
>>>
>>> It works now. Is there any explaination why -O is required? :)
>>
>>Noone compiles without -O, so(/and) it's not supported. My take is
>
>It is supported, but someone broke it.
>
>>that EGCS says "Hey, I am in
>> It is supported, but someone broke it.
>
>Since when? Every so often someone comes along (from a pool of maybe 5
>people who _don't_ use -O) and complains about it being broken. If
My last fix for a -O related bug was on 1999/05/13 for brooktree.c
(memcmp() was used, but memcmp() doesn't exist
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Bruce Evans wrote:
> >> > Put -O back in the COPTFLAGS.
> >>
> >> It works now. Is there any explaination why -O is required? :)
> >
> >Noone compiles without -O, so(/and) it's not supported. My take is
>
> It is supported, but someone broke it.
Since when? Every so often
>> > Put -O back in the COPTFLAGS.
>>
>> It works now. Is there any explaination why -O is required? :)
>
>Noone compiles without -O, so(/and) it's not supported. My take is
It is supported, but someone broke it.
>that EGCS says "Hey, I am in optimization level foobar! I can optimize
>for unuse
> Noone compiles without -O, so(/and) it's not supported. My take is
> that EGCS says "Hey, I am in optimization level foobar! I can optimize
> for unused code. Hmm... that's unused, so...". Either that or its
> debugging support is really uNFed up.
Actually, more likely at high enough o
On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Thomas Schuerger wrote:
> > > ...
> > > vfs_init.o: In function `vfs_register':
> > > vfs_init.o(.text+0x8a1): undefined reference to `sysctl(void, float, short)'
> > > *** Error code 1
> > > 1 error
> > > Exit 2
> > >
> > >
> > > What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly
> > ...
> > vfs_init.o: In function `vfs_register':
> > vfs_init.o(.text+0x8a1): undefined reference to `sysctl(void, float, short)'
> > *** Error code 1
> > 1 error
> > Exit 2
> >
> >
> > What am I doing wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
>
> Put -O back in the COPTFLAGS.
It works n
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Thomas Schuerger wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I updated the source tree, built and installed the world today
> and tried to make a new kernel. Compilation stops when it
> comes to linking:
>
> ...
> vfs_init.o: In function `vfs_register':
> vfs_init.o(.text+0x8a1): undefined reference
