> This is precisely what I tried initially, and my posting was > explicitly trying to explain that this kind of approach cannot > work. :-)
It will work for Richard's case though and that's clearly the most glaring problem. Moreover, it will bring Linux on par with Solaris, which is also a good thing. And of course it will unbreak Solaris. > Personally, I tend to build a 32-bit compiler and test 64-bit things by > giving -m64. Richard has been building 64-bit compilers and using -m32 > to test 32-bit stuff. > > Furthermore, consider that we need to solve this issue for things > other than MASK_V8PLUS. For example VIS2, VIS3, and FMAF all need > similar treatment. > > Given that, I don't think we want to keep banging the specs for every > new MASK we add, even if it could work. I think the specs are quite > convoluted as-is. The specs is the only mechanism that discriminates between user input and the rest. I don't think that rejecting them upfront is a good approach. > I'll try to brainstorm on this, thanks for letting me know about the > Solaris target problem. Let's fix the regression quickly though. -- Eric Botcazou
