Subject: Re: Possible to use the bundled toolchain?
To: Todd Vierling <tv@wasabisystems.com>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
List: port-playstation2
Date: 05/16/2002 11:37:48
Todd Vierling wrote:

> On Thu, 16 May 2002, Simon Burge wrote:
> 
> : > ] 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)?
> 
> ...and can we work around the problem if it's only in the kernel?

Even if it's a kernel only-problem, we'd still need GCC mods to make
sure there's never short branches...

Simon.
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