Re: so what's so special about sema_init() for alpha?

Hi,

On Tue, 24 Oct 2006, Robert P. J. Day wrote:

>   i'm still curious as to why the implementation for sema_init() for
> the alpha can't be simplified as (allegedly) could all of the other
> architecture sema_init() calls.

Did you even look at the code it generates? It's not specific to alpha 
at all. Unless the structure is small enough, gcc will first generate a 
copy on the stack and then copy it to its final location.

bye, Roman
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