[oe] [meta-ti] ti81xx-psp-linux-2.6.37: broken kernel with gcc > 4.5

[Steffen Sledz]

On 23.05.2012 11:48, Steffen Sledz wrote:
> Hi Roger!
> 
> On 18.05.2012 16:55, Thilo Fromm wrote:
>>>>>>>>> sorry for the cross-post (openembedded-devel, meta-ti), I think
>>>>>>>>> this affects both projects one way or the other.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Recently, meta-openembedded/toolchain-layer removed gcc-4.5.
>>>>>>>>> This means with oe-core + meta-oe you now can choose between
>>>>>>>>> gcc-4.6 and gcc-4.7.
>>>>>>>>> However, both compilers break the kernel we're using
>>>>>>>>> (ti81xx-psp-linux-2.6.37).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>> We're on a "TI DaVinci DM8148", featuring a cortex-a8 combined with
>>>>> a C674x DSP.
>>>>
>>>> So a centaurus family SoC.
>>>
>>> Can you put some printk's in omap_mbox_register (plat-omap/mailbox.c) to print the list objects, in particular the mbox->name?
>>
>> What are you trying to do? printk-debugging? Via E-Mail? Are you
>> serious? I provided a simple procedure to reproduce the issue. Please
>> reproduce and fix the problem.
> 
> Ping!
> 
> Could you reproduce the bug?

FYI

According to [1] we track the progress on this issue at [2].

[1] <https://lists.yoctoproject.org/pipermail/meta-ti/2012-June/001242.html>
[2] <https://github.com/DFE/HidaV/issues/5>

Steffen Sledz

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