Re: [RFC][MEGAPATCH] Change __ASSEMBLY__ to __ASSEMBLER__ (definedby GCC from 2.95 to current CVS)

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Sep 10 2005 - 17:08:45 EST


Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sep 10, 2005, at 04:45:43, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > This patch seems to have a rather low value-to-noise ratio. Why
> > on earth do we want to do this?
>
> When I started trying to split out the userspace<=>kernelspace ABI
> headers, I
> found a number of things (such as __ASSEMBLY__) that would not operate
> properly in userspace.

Oh, OK.

What's the status of this userspace ABI project? Is it a thing we want to
do? How far along is it? Have we worked out how it is to be done? I
haven't been paying much attention to the discussion (self-defense reflex
;))


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