From: Mathieu Desnoyers Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 17:02:45 +0000 (-0400) Subject: Update README info about gcc compability X-Git-Tag: v0.6.4~16 X-Git-Url: https://git.lttng.org./?a=commitdiff_plain;h=83e8be5202702a7c9d00fa8ca9d654e2c285cb85;p=urcu.git Update README info about gcc compability Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- diff --git a/README b/README index 44a4bf5..1e76f2d 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ supported, with the following exceptions: 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 +- gcc 3.3 cannot match the "xchg" instruction on 32-bit x86 build. + See: http://kerneltrap.org/node/7507 - Alpha, ia64 and ARM architectures depend on 4.x gcc with atomic builtins support.