Re: [ros-dev] cmpxchg8b

[Alex Ionescu]

Ge van Geldorp wrote:
> It seems the old binutils versions don't have a problem with "cmpxchg8b" but
> with "qword ptr". The patch below makes the code compile on older versions
> again. Any objections to committing it?

None from me...
> I've created a bug 1264 for keeping track of the "no longer works on i486"
> issue.

I haven't had a lot of time lately due to the msvc build, but if nobody 
else does it, I will add the detection code on the weekend...
> GvG

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu