Hi, On Fri, 18 Jan 2008, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
> > > But apparently it has! With gcc < 4 I did never get the error. > > > > As I tried to explain, this is pure luck. > > Maybe. > > > > Which probably means that gcc < 4 did _not_ use ecx, and therefore it > > > does not have to be pushed and popped. > > > > We are talking about the hunk using the "q" constraint for operand 1 in > > st[bw]_kernel. The change in the clobber list (and the associated > > saving/restoring of %ecx around the call) is something entirely different. > > It cannot be, because just changing the clobber list makes the code > compile again! But I'm not talking about the clobber list at all. I reacted to the first mail forwarded to me, which was a question specifically about the hunk adding the "q" constraint, whose purpose I explained. Are you now also asking about the changes regarding %ecx and the clobber list? Ciao, Michael.
