From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1764491AbXGKMrB (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:47:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764336AbXGKMqu (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:46:50 -0400 Received: from one.firstfloor.org ([213.235.205.2]:48678 "EHLO one.firstfloor.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1764327AbXGKMqt (ORCPT ); Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:46:49 -0400 Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:46:47 +0200 From: Andi Kleen To: Segher Boessenkool Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Jan Engelhardt , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, andi@firstfloor.org, akpm@linux-foundation.org Subject: Re: [x86 setup 16/33] String-handling functions for the new x86 setup code. Message-ID: <20070711124647.GB18767@one.firstfloor.org> References: <11840371953778-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com> <11840373002601-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com> <11840374052662-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com> <1184037510289-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com> <11840376162370-git-send-email-hpa@zytor.com> <4693D183.9060604@zytor.com> <298A54C9-B331-4AB9-98B3-5C815B04381E@kernel.crashing.org> <4693EFBF.4070605@zytor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Yes, Linux should definitely be compiled with -ffreestanding, > it isn't a hosted application after all ;-) We tried it some time ago and it caused problems so it was dropped again -Andi