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

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Message-ID: <47D05A70.40008@zytor.com>
Date:	Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:56:16 -0800
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Richard Guenther <richard.guenther@...il.com>
CC:	Joe Buck <Joe.Buck@...opsys.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Andrew Haley <aph@...hat.com>,
	Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@...el32.net>,
	Michael Matz <matz@...e.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gcc@....gnu.org
Subject: Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag

Richard Guenther wrote:
> 
> A patched GCC IMHO makes only sense if it is always-on, yet another option
> won't help in corner cases.  And corner cases is exactly what people seem
> to care about.  For this reason that we have this single release, 4.3.0, that
> behaves "bad" is already a problem.
> 

The option will help embedded vendors who can guarantee that it's not a 
problem.

	-hpa
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