thus Jeff Rizzo spake:
> On Fri, May 20, 2005 at 06:49:15PM +0200, Timo Schoeler wrote:
> 
>>this email is what i was waiting for...
>>
>>it's a known issue:
>>
>>http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2005/01/ and the following
>>weeks and months.
>>
>>i ran into this on my G4 (400MHz SP back then, now 450 DP) with 2.99.9
>>-- it works when you compile the kernel with -O3 and/or (!) any of the
>>altivec-optimizing flags gcc knows.
>>
>>IIRC it's an issue on the level of PowerPC assembler.
> 
> 
> OK, thanks for the reply.  Any chance you could point me at the post
> where this is explained?  I've looked through the archives, and found
> your initial post with the problem in it, but not the discussion of
> the cause/workaround.
> 
> +j

most of it is in april 2005,

http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2005/04/

search for MCHK in the subject.

cheers,

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