ARM GCC compiler issue

Karl Ramberg karl.ramberg at chello.se
Sun Feb 24 10:36:45 UTC 2002


"Ohshima, Yoshiki" wrote:
> 
>   Hello,
> 
>   I'm trying to port Squeak to US version Zaurus
> (developer.sharpsec.com) and it is getting to work.  I knew
> Tim mentioned couples of times about the GCC bug, but I was
> narrowly hoping that the bug is fixed in the toolchain which
> Sharp is providing.
> 
>   Unfortunately, it isn't fixed and I'm bitten by the bug.
> If I compile the VM without optimization, it (sort of) works
> on the PDA, but when I turn on the optimization, the process
> says "Illigal instruction" and quits.
> 
>   Virtually, there is no way for me to narrow down which
> function(s) in the VM causes the problem.  So, does anyone
> have a program sniplet that triggers this compiler bug?  I
> want to take a look at it and ultimately I want to let Sharp
> to fix it:-)
> 

I far as remember there was some floating point issues.

Karl



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