Re: [PATCH] Add CONFIG for -mregparm=3

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Wed Jan 14 2004 - 04:48:37 EST



On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:39:40AM +0100, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 10:34:59AM +0100, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 10:06, Andi Kleen wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > According to some gcc developers it should be safe to use in all
> > > gccs that are still supports (2.95 and up)
> >
> > it is not safe for the kernel until the cardbus CardServices patches get
> > merged (is in -mm), for the same reason CardServices() is broken on
> > amd64.
>
> Just mark them asmlinkage then.
>
> I would be a shame to leave that much space saving on the table just
> for an single misdesigned API than can be easily fixed.

Oh I rather just fix the API period... :)
Patches exist and work excellent for me.

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