[Buildroot] [PATCH] gcc 4.8.x does not compile a working kernel for sparc

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Thu Jun 12 18:46:52 UTC 2014


Dear Waldemar Brodkorb,

On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 18:51:38 +0200, Waldemar Brodkorb wrote:
> Since the switch to 4.8.x as default, the qemu-sparc target is broken.
> For a gcc bug report see here:
> https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60624
> 
> Switch back to gcc 4.7.x as default for sparc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Waldemar Brodkorb <wbx at openadk.org>
> ---
>  package/gcc/Config.in.host |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

If gcc 4.8.x is indeed broken on sparc, shouldn't we completely prevent
the selection of 4.8.x on SPARC ?

Have you tested 4.9.x ?

Thanks for the report and patch!

Thomas
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