[uClibc] Bad PPC toolchain from BuildRoot

[Marc Leeman]

> I created a GCC-3.3.3 toolchain using BuildRoot. Then I used that 
> toolchain to compile u-boot and it does not work. Wolfgang suggested 
> that they used this version of GCC for their development. I have been 
> told that GCC 3.4.x will not build a 2.4 kernel correctly.

It seems that we're on the same mailing lists but to get the record
straigth:

  1. gcc 3.4.3, created with buildroot compiles u-boot, it does not boot
     the system. I haven't had the time to look into this for our
     boards. We use Wolfgang's toolchain for compiling Das U-Boot.
  2. gcc 3.4.3 compiles the kernel and the kernel boots and does what it
     is expected to do without any hickup. I've been testing this for
     over 5 months on both 2.6.x kernels and 2.4.x kernels (all released
     kernels since 2005).
  3. in our experience, gcc 3.4 creates faster PPC code when compared to
     the 3.3 compilers.



-- 
  greetz, marc
Soft, yes. Weak, no.
	Zhaan - Throne for a Loss
scorpius 2.6.11 #1 Wed Mar 2 16:38:38 CET 2005 GNU/Linux
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