[PATCH] ia64: Don't use -mtune=merced for gcc 3.4
Gcc 3.4 has a new DFA scheduler for ia64. Unfortunately, it is not well tested for Itanium 1. When I tried to use gcc 3.4 to compile 2.6 kernel configured for Merced, gcc failed in many places: http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15598 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15653 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15655 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16130 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16142 http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=16143 Some of them have been fixed. But I am afraid many more remain. I don't know how many Itanium 1 machines left in production use. If people want to optimize kernel for Itanium 1, they can stick with the older gccs. Or they should upgrade their machines. I think the gcc developer's time should be better spent on somewhere else. I have been using this patch for a while, kernel seems to work OK. Signed-off-by: David Mosberger <davidm@hpl.hp.com>
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