Bug#100657: sysdeps/powerpc/memset.S optimizations fail on power3 CPUs
Package: libc6
Severity: critical
The optimization for whole cache-line clearing in memset used on the powerpc
arch should not be used on the power3 CPU. The simple fix is to not use the
memset.S file at all. This bug renders debian uninstallable on power3 systems
without some serious gymnastics.
There have been a few discussions about this issue on the debian-powerpc list,
which is also included in the X-Debbugs-CC header.
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