Re: [parisc-linux] Support for 2.4.x kernels on hppa
Hi,
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>Here is a little background on this issue. Randolph has done a
>considerable amount of work to port libffi to the PA, and then add
>unwind and other support support to libjava. This gives us a
>working Java implementation. Thanks, Randolph!
Yupp, that's a step forward.
>This work is currently being integrated into GCC 3.5. This is working
>well with 2.6, but we have problems with unwinding through signal
>frames on 2.4. 64-bit support is completely broken. On at least
>some 32-bit kernels, we end up with hung processes that can bring
>the system to its knees.
Well, I could only speak for myself and my little boxes, and I would
say only do the absolute minimum required (like security fixes). Getting
new gcc 3.5 (or gdb) code to work, I would not count as necessary.
>We are having a little debate as to whether we need to support 2.4,
>given that GCC 3.5 probably won't be out for a year or so.
Just make it clear in the release notes and let the compile fail on
2.4 with an #error, IMHO. Does that sound too lazy ?-)
HTH,
Uli
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