[LLVMdev] [PATCH] x86/asm: avoid mnemonics without type suffix

[Ramkumar Ramachandra]

Linus Torvalds wrote:
> Ok. So your commit message and explanation was pure and utter tripe,
> and the real reason you want this is that llvm-mc is broken.
>
> Please fix llvm-mc instead, ok? If the intent of llvm is to be
> compatible with the gnu compiler tools, then it should do that. Plus
> the gas behavior is clearly superior, so why not just improve the llvm
> toolchain to match those improved semantics?

Yep.  I started the discussion on LLVMDev, and posted patches [1].
>From the discussions on the list, many of the devs are claiming that
LLVM is "correct" and that linux.git needs to be patched.  I'm not
taking sides; I just want a solution to the problem.

[1]: The archive is broken, but here are some pieces:
http://lists.cs.uiuc.edu/pipermail/llvm-commits/Week-of-Mon-20130708/180968.html