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>