[U-Boot-Users] FW: PPC405EP ethernet problems

[Wolfgang Denk]

In message <61C61BB7D4828E4EB72B065C85E3D8A628A4BD at szexchange.schmid-telecom.com> you wrote:
> 
> I've introduced some printf statements into the U-Boot code to track the
> program flow. It turns out, that the cpu executes a loop, where there is
> none present in the source code. Below are some excerpts of the source
> code and the output of U-Boot. The only explanation I have so far is,
> that the compiler breaks something. I'm using powerpc-405-linux-gnu-gcc
> version 3.4.4 for cross compilation on an i386 debian system. Has
> anybody experienced similar behaviour? Are there any known problems or
> pitfalls when using this version of gcc?

GCC-3.4.x has shown  "funny"  behaviour  in  a  couple  of  cases.  I
recommend  to  use  a known to be working toolchain and try this. The
code you mention has been working  fine  for  a  long  time  on  many
boards, so I really guess it's a toolchain issue (not necessarily the
compiler alone).

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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