Re: -mregparm=3 (was Re: [PATCH] i386 do_machine_check() isredundant.

From: Robert Love
Date: Tue Sep 30 2003 - 10:51:46 EST


On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 10:37, Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:

> Well, abs() is the only one I tripped over in my config. I'm sure there's others
> lurking elsewhere in the kernel tree.

There are not _too_ many builtins. abs, strcpy, et cetera ...

> The bigger question is whether a patch to support -ffreestanding would be a
> good idea - with proper use of the __builtin_* stuff it *should* work, and it will
> hopefully cause better kernel code hygiene..

I agree. We should go for it.

Robert Love


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