Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030237AbWHME7P (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:59:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030236AbWHME7O (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:59:14 -0400 Received: from mail.ocs.com.au ([202.147.117.210]:42798 "EHLO mail.ocs.com.au") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030229AbWHME7O (ORCPT ); Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:59:14 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1 From: Keith Owens To: Andi Kleen cc: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: module compiler version check still needed? In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:48:36 +0200." <200608130648.36178.ak@suse.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 14:59:19 +1000 Message-ID: <31645.1155445159@ocs10w.ocs.com.au> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 719 Lines: 16 Andi Kleen (on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:48:36 +0200) wrote: > >Does anybody know of any reason why we would still need the compiler version >check during module loading? AFAIK on i386 it was only needed to handle >2.95 (which got dropped) and on x86-64 it was never needed. Is there >a need on any other architecture for it? IA64 still needs the check. include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h generates different calls to the out of line spinlock handler, depending on the version of gcc. - 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/