linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/raid6: correctly check for assembler capabilities

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Message-ID: <1434484619.2069.72.camel@x220>
Date:	Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:56:59 +0200
From:	Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@...e.com>,
	Valentin Rothberg <valentinrothberg@...il.com>, mingo@...e.hu,
	tglx@...utronix.de, james.t.kukunas@...ux.intel.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/raid6: correctly check for assembler capabilities

On Tue, 2015-06-16 at 12:46 -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> There is a hope/intent that eventually the config system will be able to
> incorporate toolchain dependencies for a bunch of reasons.

This restarts a four months old thread with a one sentence remark. So
could you please elaborate, because now you've left me and, perhaps, the
other people reading this wondering what "toolchain dependencies"
actually means and what those "bunch of reasons" are.

Thanks,


Paul Bolle

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