Re: x86_64 compile spewing hundreds of warnings - started 2.6.15-git8

On Thursday 02 March 2006 20:35, Martin Bligh wrote:

> include/asm/bitops.h:65: warning: read-write constraint does not allow a 
> register
> 
> 
> What do these mean?

They mean you have a buggy compiler.


> And how do we get rid of it? 
> 
> Presumably caused by this:
> 
> http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=636dd2b7def5c9c72551b51d4d516a65c269de08
> 
> or this:
> 
> http://www.kernel.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=92934bcbf96bc9dc931c40ca5f1a57685b7b813b

It was the bitops.h constrain change.

The problem is that reverting them would be readding the problem. Maybe we need to 
#ifdef it.

-Andi


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