Messages in this thread |  | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [RFT] final cur of tr based current for -ac8 | Date | 11 Nov 2001 18:21:37 -0800 |
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Followup to: <20011111190114.A31746@redhat.com> By author: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 11:58:30AM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote: > > The below seems to make flogging noises, but is likely too soggy. > > Erk, the behaviour of str with your patch isn't quite compatible > enough for a smooth transition. What is really needed is to have > "str" error out or generate the existing strl with a huge warning > about unspecified type. Either way the kernel has to work with > both old and new tools for a brief period of time. >
The current behaviour is a bug, plain and simple. The only way to make backwards-compatible behaviour is to make "strl %eax" and "strw %ax" behave properly while "str %ax" really does an "strl %eax" (the current, broken, behaviour.)
-hpa
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