Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sun, 25 May 2008 09:21:24 +0200 | | From | Sam Ravnborg <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Fix Immediate Values x86_64 support old gcc (v3) | |
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 10:03:09PM -0400, Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> * Mathieu Desnoyers (compudj@krystal.dyndns.org) wrote:
> > GCC < 4, on x86_64, does not accept symbol+offset operands for "i" constraints
> > asm statements. Fallback on generic immediate values if this compiler is
> > detected.
> >
>
> Please replace the previous paragraph in the changelog by :
>
> GCC < 4, on x86_64, does not accept symbol+offset operands for "i"
> constraints asm statements. Fallback on a memory read in lieue of
> immediate value if this compiler is detected.
>
> As Peter pointed out, talking of "generic immediate value" is rather
> confusing.
Hi Mathieu
As this is not kbuild related (except fom some minor details)
I do not plan to take this in kbuild.git.
I suggest to push it via Andrew.
You may add an Acked-by: from me though.
Sam
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