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    SubjectRe: inline asm semantics: output constraint width smaller than input
    On 2009-01-23 20:30, Ingo Molnar wrote:
    > * Török Edwin <edwintorok@gmail.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    >> Having said that, llvm-gcc is not yet able to compile the full Linux
    >> kernel on its own [for example the boot code, due to asm(".code16gcc")],
    >> but with LLVM 2.4 it was possible to build "arch=UM", and "arch=X86" (by
    >> using gcc to build the bootcode). I'd like LLVM 2.5 to be able to build
    >> the kernel, so I'll file bugs for llvm/kernel depending on where the
    >> problem is.
    >>
    >
    > Could we get LLVM folks on the Cc: and see how difficult it would be to
    > fix this on the LLVM side? Asm constraints are used all around the place
    > and different input/output types are very common.

    I've added LLVMDev to Cc.
    Your first post to the list may take a little longer to reach it (first
    post is moderated by listmaster, no subscription required).

    [For those who missed the initial conversation, see:
    http://llvm.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=3373#c9]

    Best regards,
    --Edwin
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