Subject: Re: Possible to use the bundled toolchain?
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Erik Berls <cyber@netbsd.org>
List: port-playstation2
Date: 05/15/2002 17:06:56
Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com> wrote:
] No :-(  gcc itself might generate loops of less than 6 instructions, and
] the mipsEE mods include changes so that gcc will pad out such loops.
] 
] On that, shouldn't userland be compiled with the same compiler?  Or is
] there some wierd problem on the r5900 such that short loops are only a
] problem if they bypass the TLB (as with kernel code in KSEG0/1)?

I'm bringing this up on the grounds that if its not something thats
going to be fixed for 1.6, that maybe it needs to be dropped from
the autobuild list.

Todd?

-=erik.