I agree with it. There is no right or wrong here Let's start from scratch and figure out what is the best way to handle this, assuming we are defining a new psABI.
H.J. On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:37 AM, NightStrike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/6/08, Olivier Galibert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2008 at 05:12:07PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > > It's a kernel bug, and it needs to be fixed. > > > > I'm not convinced. It's been that way for 15 years, it's that way in > > the BSD kernels, at that point it's a feature. The bug is in the > > documentation, nowhere else. And in gcc for blindly trusting the > > documentation. > > The issue should not be evaluated as: "It's always been that way, > therefore, it's right." Instead, it should be: "What's the right way > to do it?" > > You don't just change documentation because no existing code meets the > requirement -- UNLESS -- the non-conforming code is actually the right > way to do things. >
