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Re: updating COMPAT_LINUX for linux 2.6.x support (take 2)



On Wed 30 Jun 2010 at 08:57:44 -0700, Chuck Silvers wrote:
>    - the assembler apparently now uses a different opcode for reloading %gs
>      than it used to, so the check for this instruction in INTRFASTEXIT
>      being the cause of a kernel trap wasn't working.  I fixed the check
>      to match the current generated code.

Would it not be necessary for compatibility with older binaries (how
much older??) to check for both cases?

-Olaf.
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