[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?
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None from me...

>I've created a bug 1264 for keeping track of the "no longer works on i486"
>issue.
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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
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Best regards,
Alex Ionescu