Re: [PATCH] fadvise: provide posix_fadvice() and implement special ARM syscall

Enrico Scholz <[email protected]> Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:41:07 +0100

Newsgroups	gmane.linux.lib.dietlibc
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

[email protected] (Thorsten Glaser) writes:

>> > +.set   posix_fadvise, fadvise64_64
>> 
>> This breaks on Alpha; apparently, .set is not portable.
>
> Using .equ compiles fine on both Alpha and ARM.

.equ does not seem to be portable either :( The 'as' info document says

|   The syntax for `equ' on the HPPA is `SYMBOL .equ EXPRESSION'.

and lists another exception for Z80.


Enrico