>>>>> "edward" == Edward Tandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

edward> I too had problems with gcc3.2 on my twin Athlon MP system. The kernel
edward> warns about:

edward> kernel: Advanced speculative caching feature present
edward> kernel: Disabling advanced speculative caching

This is not a gcc bug.  It is a kernel bug for Athlons, and this is
just showing you that it is applying a workaround for it :)

Believe me, you don't want to know the details :)

edward> So, it might just work now, but at the time, it crashed for me under I/O
edward> load and sometimes while using X.

edward> Like yourself, I went back to using an earlier kernel. I still use
edward> 2.4.18-pre9 compiled with gcc 2.96 and it is solid. It's my main server
edward> and I worry about newer kernels, so I don't touch.

edward> I know kernel developers have been improving things by porting bits of
edward> the kernel with reported problems to work with gcc 3.2, but I still
edward> think it's not the official build compiler. I look forward to when it is
edward> because gcc 3.2 has some good performance optimisations.

Humm, I haven't had any problems with gcc since gcc 3.1.1 or something
like that.  Could you told me if you still have problems?

Later,, Juan.

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In theory, practice and theory are the same, but in practice they 
are different -- Larry McVoy

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