> This patch set replaces the x86 setup code, which is currently all in > assembly, with a version written in C, using the ".code16gcc" feature > of binutils (which has been present since at least 2001.)
".code16gcc" is useable since a bit earlier than that, in fact since: http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2000-04/msg00021.html has been fixed, I am using it every other day. > The new code is vastly easier to read, and, I hope, debug. Yes it is, and there is a lot of work in those 33 patch; in very few of them I would have liked to read something like "inspired by ..." in one of the C comments (no need to add any E-mail, I already receive enough spam). Etienne. http://gujin.org ___________________________________________________________________________ Découvrez une nouvelle façon d'obtenir des réponses à toutes vos questions ! Profitez des connaissances, des opinions et des expériences des internautes sur Yahoo! Questions/Réponses http://fr.answers.yahoo.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/