Re: [RFT] final cur of tr based current for -ac8

[H. Peter Anvin]

Followup to:  <[e-mail]>
By author:    Benjamin LaHaise <[e-mail]>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> On Sun, Nov 11, 2001 at 11:58:30AM +0100, Mike Galbraith wrote:
> > The below seems to make flogging noises, but is likely too soggy.
> 
> Erk, the behaviour of str with your patch isn't quite compatible 
> enough for a smooth transition.  What is really needed is to have 
> "str" error out or generate the existing strl with a huge warning 
> about unspecified type.  Either way the kernel has to work with 
> both old and new tools for a brief period of time.
> 

The current behaviour is a bug, plain and simple.  The only way to
make backwards-compatible behaviour is to make "strl %eax" and "strw
%ax" behave properly while "str %ax" really does an "strl %eax" (the
current, broken, behaviour.)

	-hpa

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