On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 10:30:17AM -0500, Greg Troxel wrote:
> Thanks for the help; I think the problem was excessive size.
> 
> I removed the cpuflags line and put instead in /etc/mk.conf:
> 
>   CFLAGS+=-mv8
>   CXXFLAGS+=-mv8
>   COPTS=-mv8 -O2
> 
> I rebuilt a kernel (which I confirmed used -mv8 -O2), and it is
> a hair larger than the one I had just compiled with only -O2:
> text    data    bss     dec     hex     filename
> 2445999 146780  290948  2883727 2c008f  netbsd
> 2440755 146780  290948  2878483 2bec13  onetbsd
> 
> The -mv8 -O2 kernel has been running fine for almost two days so far.

Do you notice any speed advantages?

I built the kernel on both of my SS5 systems using cpuflags, which
uses -msupersparc.  I didn't have your problems for some reason.


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