From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:22:53 -0800 (PST) > On Wed, 31 Dec 2008, Andrew Morton wrote: > > > > Adrian claimed that it was gcc-4.1.0 and 4.1.1 only. He proposed > > banning them: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/8/5/444 > > If it really is just those releases, then yes, considering the number of > cases we apparently have, and considering how ugly it is in some cases to > move the weak function anywhere else, maybe banning those versions is the > proper thing to do. > > It probably won't hurt very many people - yeah, some people will be forced > to upgrade, but I have this memory of early 4.1 having had other bugs > anyway, so it's probably a good idea. I think this is probably the best way to handle this. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
