Re: PATCH: Fix 2 PPC/SYSV varargs problems
From: David Edelsohn <hidden>
Date: 1999-05-12 15:24:15
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Richard Henderson writes:
Richard> On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 12:19:53AM -0600, Jeffrey A Law wrote:
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Has this problem been fixed? I see patch from Richard which looks like it is related:
Richard> No, this is a different, though related, problem. I need to sit Richard> down with the ABI to properly evaluate the patch. PPC SVR4 varargs Richard> seems needlessly complex. That is an understatement! PPC SVR4 varargs is a monstrosity that attempted to pack the registers as tightly as possible and created an endless mess as a result. David [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] [[ reply is of general interest. Please check http://lists.linuxppc.org/ ]] [[ and http://www.linuxppc.org/ for useful information before posting. ]]