linux-kernel - Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag

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Date:	Thu, 6 Mar 2008 13:06:17 +0100
From:	"Richard Guenther" <richard.guenther@...il.com>
To:	"Andi Kleen" <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	"Andrew Haley" <aph@...hat.com>,
	"Aurelien Jarno" <aurelien@...el32.net>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, "Michael Matz" <matz@...e.de>,
	"Joe Buck" <Joe.Buck@...opsys.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gcc@....gnu.org
Subject: Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag

On 06 Mar 2008 12:45:57 +0100, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> wrote:
> Andrew Haley <aph@...hat.com> 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.
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