Re: RELEASE BLOCKER: Linux doesn't follow x86/x86-64 ABI wrt directionflag

From: Robert Dewar
Date: Thu Mar 06 2008 - 14:35:46 EST


H.J. Lu wrote:

Icc has been following psABI for years on Linux and it doesn't stop people
using icc on Linux. On the other hand, it may be a good idea to provide a
workaround in gcc and enables it by default. OSVs can fix thekernel and
disable it by default.

How widely is icc used? I ask because we have not encocuntered one
customer using icc. We have huge numbers of customers using gcc, and
many using proprietary compilers from Sun, DEC etc, but never an icc
user?

We can even issue a message whenever the workaround is used.

H.J.

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