Re: [RHEL5 PATCH 1/4] Provide fallback full 64-bit divide/modulus ops for gcc

Pavel Machek <[email protected]> wrote:

> > There are places where the compiler emits these that aren't entirely
> > obvious, one of which IIRC is in ext2 inode allocation.
> 
> Well -- but that is good reason to keep that open-coded, right?

Maybe.  I'm not sure I agree, but Linus is permitted to have differing
opinions.

Anyway, that set of patches has been superseded since Al didn't want it done
that way.

David
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