On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 01:40:41AM +0100, Falk Hueffner wrote: > Steve Langasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Given that you mention you're not running a Debian kernel at all > > right now, and that this code is in place upstream and nobody else > > seems to have complained loudly enough to get it fixed, I'm not sure > > how much effort we'll want to put into it if it turns out to not > > work on ev5, but it will still be good to know -- and if the kernel > > *does* work for you, that's a good reason to find a solution other > > than switching the kernel to build ev56 code. :) > It should work, the code is guarded to be only executed on ev56+. See > also the thread Ok. > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-07/msg00371.html The key message seems to be <http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2005-07/msg00429.html>. Obviously kernel upstream believes the current code is correct, and that this is a gcc bug. But I'm wondering why the embedded assembly in the Linux kernel can't be fixed to include .arch ev56, so that the error-checking semantics of gcc can be preserved in the general case? -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
