Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 16:50:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 16:50:49 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust128.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.128]:61167 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 9 Sep 2002 16:50:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [PATCH] Important per-cpu fix. From: Alan Cox To: "David S. Miller" Cc: rusty@rustcorp.com.au, pavel@suse.cz, Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, akpm@zip.com.au In-Reply-To: <20020909.011539.122194350.davem@redhat.com> References: <20020908.231304.30400540.davem@redhat.com> <20020909081754.EC8382C09D@lists.samba.org> <20020909.011539.122194350.davem@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-6) Date: 09 Sep 2002 21:58:06 +0100 Message-Id: <1031605086.29718.43.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 763 Lines: 16 On Mon, 2002-09-09 at 09:15, David S. Miller wrote: > Note that Andrew Morton found the problem on one of his older > x86 EGCS's about the same time I found it on sparc64. egcs gets so many long long things wrong on x86 that its only valid use IMHO for 2.5 is as a syntax checker. Is it really worth an ugly hack for a compiler one major developer has a personal affliction for and a port that has a tiny user base and now has a working compiler. Maybe if we put less gunk in the kernel they'd fix gcc more often 8) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/