linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Partially revert patch that encloses asm-offset.h numbers in brackets

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Date:	Mon, 25 Oct 2010 08:50:32 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...ell.com>,
	Alexander van Heukelum <heukelum@...tmail.fm>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Partially revert patch that encloses asm-offset.h numbers
 in brackets

On 10/25/2010 08:17 AM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> How about just removing the idiotic workaround entirely, and then on
> x86 passing "-traditional" to cpp for asm input so that it doesn't add
> spaces in argument expansion? Make the workaround more targeted to the
> actual problem, rather than working around it in some unrelated
> thing..
> 

We already tried using -traditional, it didn't help the gas braindamage
and it caused severe problems with header files (since -traditional
removes the support for #x and x ## y).  Bringing it back won't help.

As such, the only options I can really think about overriding the sed
expression for x86 or just saying gcc 2.16.90 or later is required...

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.
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