Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763349AbYCFLqP (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:46:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755338AbYCFLqA (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:46:00 -0500 Received: from smtp-out03.alice-dsl.net ([88.44.63.5]:3817 "EHLO smtp-out03.alice-dsl.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754522AbYCFLp7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 06:45:59 -0500 To: Andrew Haley Cc: Aurelien Jarno , "H. Peter Anvin" , Michael Matz , Joe Buck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag References: <20080305153020.GA24631@volta.aurel32.net> <47CEC3AA.6080709@zytor.com> <20080305195834.GA17267@synopsys.com> <20080305202319.GA17053@volta.aurel32.net> <47CF0627.2070200@zytor.com> <47CF07FE.10200@aurel32.net> <47CFBF28.4060309@redhat.com> From: Andi Kleen Date: 06 Mar 2008 12:45:57 +0100 In-Reply-To: <47CFBF28.4060309@redhat.com> Message-ID: <871w6ogjnu.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Mar 2008 11:39:27.0344 (UTC) FILETIME=[BBCCFF00:01C87F7E] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 562 Lines: 9 Andrew Haley writes: > > I suppose one could apply the precautionary principle, but those systems that > don't update kernels won't update gcc either, so the solution won't work. You seem to assume that running a gcc 4.3 compiled binary requires a gcc update. That is not necessarily true. -Andi -- 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/