Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933008AbYCFMJf (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:09:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1765479AbYCFMGU (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:06:20 -0500 Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com ([209.85.200.173]:31047 "EHLO wf-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1765348AbYCFMGS (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 07:06:18 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sHhLySyKrm2hGGBbrGHS3RztS2WKjLQRGOjJWnqlPJ6v+h7M0/m202T8YtJrjqYw1ewAdX6P2hnYWcDXn0Hx137ruOr2epd9DoMyrkM2HbXhQXHT/58PfNsIvuoRhSDaMA3FZFuT4Lw9Cdd2i9tAXhNUj0qgDW8aob5SkLaU0ts= Message-ID: <84fc9c000803060406u7dfa0d38ve8af3154bf5064f9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:06:17 +0100 From: "Richard Guenther" To: "Andi Kleen" Subject: Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag Cc: "Andrew Haley" , "Aurelien Jarno" , "H. Peter Anvin" , "Michael Matz" , "Joe Buck" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org In-Reply-To: <871w6ogjnu.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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> <871w6ogjnu.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 708 Lines: 17 On 06 Mar 2008 12:45:57 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > 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. It (sometimes) requires a libgcc and libstdc++ update. Richard. -- 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/