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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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