Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1760954AbYCFR3U (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:29:20 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755882AbYCFR2z (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:28:55 -0500 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:50322 "EHLO terminus.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755721AbYCFR2y (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 12:28:54 -0500 Message-ID: <47D0271F.4070705@zytor.com> Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:17:19 -0800 From: "H. Peter Anvin" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080226) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "H.J. Lu" CC: Jakub Jelinek , NightStrike , Olivier Galibert , Chris Lattner , Michael Matz , Richard Guenther , Joe Buck , Jan Hubicka , Aurelien Jarno , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag References: <738B72DB-A1D6-43F8-813A-E49688D05771@apple.com> <578FCA7D-D7A6-44F6-9310-4A97C13CDCBE@apple.com> <47CF44E7.3020106@zytor.com> <20080306135139.GA5236@dspnet.fr.eu.org> <6dc9ffc80803060743h502fc96bj6117ef87a8555c3a@mail.gmail.com> <47D012B4.3020104@zytor.com> <20080306162353.GF24887@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <6dc9ffc80803060858i7d4e8b56o99ff8ad301a5cc1a@mail.gmail.com> <47D024AA.9010300@zytor.com> <6dc9ffc80803060914x187049a2hb24ef501baf55601@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <6dc9ffc80803060914x187049a2hb24ef501baf55601@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 802 Lines: 20 H.J. Lu wrote: >> >> Not a fix, an (optional) workaround for a system bug. > > So that is the bug in the Linux kernel. Since fixing kernel is much easier > than providing a workaround in compilers, I think kernel should be fixed > and no need for icc/gcc fix. > The problem is, you're going to have to be able to produce binaries compatible with old kernels for a *long* time for come. Are you honestly saying you'll tell those people "use gcc 4.2 or earlier"? If so, I think most distros will have to freeze gcc for the next several years. -hpa -- 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/