On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 04:26:40PM +0200, Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > -msym32 and previously the strategy to tell the compiler to generate > 64-bit code but the assembler to put it into 32-bit ELF was initially > a hack to get around the lack of proper 64-bit binutils support and > later turned into a neat optimization with significant code size > savings. But it's really just an optimization so there is nothing > wrong with just dropping the option (and whatever else goes along with > it, I forgot all the nasty details) on the floor if due to a vintage > compiler it can't be suported. > > Signed-off-by: Franck Bui-Huu <fbuihuu@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Ralf, > > This patch is based on your linux-queue repository. > Thanks for the commit message ;) Glad I'm useful for something ;-) Queued for 2.6.24, thanks! Ralf
