Re: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt direction flag

From: Andi Kleen
Date: Thu Mar 06 2008 - 06:46:16 EST


Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> I suppose one could apply the precautionary principle, but those systems that
> don't update kernels won't update gcc either, so the solution won't work.

You seem to assume that running a gcc 4.3 compiled binary requires a
gcc update. That is not necessarily true.

-Andi
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