linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, crypto, Use gas macro for AES-NI instructions

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Date:	Mon, 9 Nov 2009 13:56:10 -0500
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org" <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86, crypto, Use gas macro for AES-NI instructions

On Thu, Nov 05, 2009 at 02:44:17PM +0800, Huang Ying wrote:
> Old binutils do not support AES-NI instructions, to make kernel can be
> compiled by them, .byte code is used instead of AES-NI assembly
> instructions. But the readability and flexibility of raw .byte code is
> not good.
> 
> So corresponding assembly instruction like gas macro is used instead.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>

Sorry, but this doesn't apply:

$ git apply ~/p
fatal: patch fragment without header at line 428: @@ -518,51 +417,37 @@ _aesni_dec1:
$

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