[OE-core] GCC 4.8 Issues with fsl-ppc and fsl-arm (e5000)

[Khem Raj]

On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 10:07:14 AM Saul Wold wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> There is a continuing failure on the auto-builder with the 4.8 version
> of GCC for the fsl-ppc and fsl-arm BSPs.  This is currently holding
> oe-core back from updating GCC to 4.8, which we want to do soon so 
that
> we have get any other issues worked out that might come up.
> 
> These seem to be ICE issues can get bee seen in the following log files:
> 
> http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org:8011/builders/nightly-fsl-arm/builds/148
> /steps/Building%20Images/logs/stdio
> 
> http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org:8011/builders/nightly-fsl-ppc/builds/149
> /steps/Building%20Images/logs/stdio
> 

ppc issue is singled out and reported as regression in gcc
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=57717

> Has anyone investigated these?
> 
> One possibility discussed during the tech call was to set the tune for
> these BSPs to use GCC 4.7, but this is not preferred as it just defers
> and hides the issue.
> 
> Thanks