From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010 14:54:51 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Update README X-Git-Tag: v0.4.2~1 X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3b38cfe1a3903f5d47af8b2745130af5a88a4bf6;p=urcu.git Update README Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- diff --git a/README b/README index 1cd3ed9..4423fc5 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ theoretically work on other operating systems. Alpha and ia64 architectures are supported, but depend on 4.x gcc with atomic builtins support. +The gcc compiler versions 3.3, 3.4, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 are +supported, with the following exceptions: + +- gcc 3.3 and 3.4 have a bug that prevents them from generating volatile + accesses to offsets in a TLS structure on 32-bit x86. These versions are + therefore not compatible with liburcu on x86 32-bit (i386, i486, i586, i686). + The problem has been reported to the gcc community: + http://www.mail-archive.com/gcc-bugs@gcc.gnu.org/msg281255.html + QUICK START GUIDE -----------------