Andi Kleen (on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 06:48:36 +0200) wrote: > >Does anybody know of any reason why we would still need the compiler version >check during module loading? AFAIK on i386 it was only needed to handle >2.95 (which got dropped) and on x86-64 it was never needed. Is there >a need on any other architecture for it?
IA64 still needs the check. include/asm-ia64/spinlock.h generates different calls to the out of line spinlock handler, depending on the version of gcc. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
