Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] Disable compat cruft on ppc64le v2

Michal Suchánek
2019-08-28T14:38:05Z

On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 13:08:48 +0000
Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr> wrote:

> On 08/28/2019 10:30 AM, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> > With endian switch disabled by default the ppc64le compat supports
> > ppc32le only which is something next to nobody has binaries for.
> >
> > Less code means less bugs so drop the compat stuff.
> >
> > I am not particularly sure about the best way to resolve the llseek
> > situation. I don't see anything in the syscal tables making it
> > 32bit-only so I suppose it should be available on 64bit as well.
> >
> > This is tested on ppc64le top of
>
> Really ?

Really. It boots with the unused variable. It might depend on some
config options or gcc features if unused variables are fatal.

Thanks

Michal