The new ia64 assembler uses slot 1 for the offset of a long (2-slot)
instruction and the old assembler uses slot 2. The 2.6 kernel assumes
slot 2 and won't boot when the new assembler is used:
http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1433
This patch will work with either slot 1 or 2.
H.J.
Looks fine to me.
--david
On 10/7/05, H. J. Lu <[email protected]> wrote:
> The new ia64 assembler uses slot 1 for the offset of a long (2-slot)
> instruction and the old assembler uses slot 2. The 2.6 kernel assumes
> slot 2 and won't boot when the new assembler is used:
>
> http://sources.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1433
>
> This patch will work with either slot 1 or 2.
>
>
> H.J.
>
>
>
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