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Re: [m68k] asm regression with 3.3/3.4/3.5

Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

> Andreas Schwab <schwab@suse.de> writes:
>
>> Glibc depends heavily on being able to force a specific register to be
>> able to do inline syscalls.
>
> On the x86 we have a complete set of single-register constraint
> letters so this isn't a problem.

Yes, but all the other sane architectures don't.

Andreas.

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