[FFmpeg-devel] [RFC/HACK] textrel-free x86_64 fft_mmx.asm

[Reimar Döffinger]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:10:53AM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 07:47:44PM +0000, Loren Merritt wrote:
> > On Tue, 10 Nov 2009, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> > 
> > > I'm sure it can be made at least a bit less ugly, this is my first
> > > attempt at both that kind of thing and yasm.
> > 
> > fft_call%3%2 is unnecessary. If I thought the patch were a good idea, I 
> > would make things relative to start-of-section ($$) instead of another 
> > symbol.
> 
> I admit that is also (besides not knowing about $$) a remnant of when I
> didn't know there's no RIP-relative register call.
> While I find the patch not that ugly, I understand the scepticism, since
> there is no real _need_ for it.

But since the gentoo devs still get complaints about it again and again,
could we still consider it anyway?