Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751232AbWHUWYN (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:24:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751244AbWHUWYN (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:24:13 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:24335 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751232AbWHUWYM (ORCPT ); Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:24:12 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:24:12 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Andi Kleen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Roman Zippel Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] re-add -ffreestanding Message-ID: <20060821222412.GS11651@stusta.de> References: <20060821212154.GO11651@stusta.de> <20060821232444.9a347714.ak@suse.de> <20060821214636.GP11651@stusta.de> <20060822000903.441acb64.ak@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060822000903.441acb64.ak@suse.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1471 Lines: 43 On Tue, Aug 22, 2006 at 12:09:03AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:46:36 +0200 > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 11:24:44PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:21:54 +0200 > > > Adrian Bunk wrote: > > > > > > > I got the following compile error with gcc 4.1.1 when trying to compile > > > > kernel 2.6.18-rc4-mm2 for m68k: > > > > > > I object to this change. -ffreestanding shouldn't be forced on everybody > > > > Why? > > Because -ffreestanding does the the wrong thing(tm) for the x86-64 > string implementation (which I plan to extend at some point to i386 > too BTW). Don't argue with it -- what counts is not the name, > but the semantics. It disables the automatic usage of builtins which is OK. Which other semantics does it have that is causing problems? > -Andi cu Adrian -- Gentoo kernels are 42 times more popular than SUSE kernels among KLive users (a service by SUSE contractor Andrea Arcangeli that gathers data about kernels from many users worldwide). There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. Benjamin Disraeli - 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/