Re: ABI changes on specific architectures only

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 11:34:28PM +0900, Horms wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 02:52:15PM +0100, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 08, 2005 at 02:28:23PM +0100, Norbert Tretkowski wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I switched the alpha build from gcc-3.3 to gcc-4.0 in the not yet
> > > uploaded 2.6.14-3, and Jurij said he'll also switch sparc from gcc-3.3
> > > to gcc-4.0.
> > > 
> > > How to handle these ABI changes for specific architectures?
> > 
> > I think if you do it together, the easiest way is probably to do a ABI++ for
> > everyone.
> 
> I think that as it stands ABI++ for everyone is the only sane solution.

Well, we can do minor abi changes, and this would have sparc and alpha have
1.1 abi or something, until we change the whole stuff to 2.

Friendly,

Sven Luther