Hi,
A recent gcc 4.0 snapshot is using altivec instructions in the kernel:
c0000000000d6434 <.wait_for_completion>:
c0000000000d6434: 7c 00 42 a6 mfvrsave r0
Its probably because we are passing the -mcpu=970 option:
ifeq ($(CONFIG_POWER4_ONLY),y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_ALTIVEC),y)
CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mcpu=970)
else
Anton