Re: RE : 2.6.6-rc3-mm2 : REGPARAM forced => no external module with some object code only

[Bill Davidsen]

Andrew Morton wrote:
> Eric Valette <eric.valette@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The Changelog says nothing really important but forcing REGPARAM is 
> > rather important : it breaks any external module using object only code 
> > that calls a kernel function.
>
>
> This is why we should remove the option - to reduce the number of ways in
> which the kernel might have been built.  Yes, there will be a bit of
> transition pain while these people catch up.

Yes, I think that should go into the 2.7 tree as soon as it opens. Of 
course it wouldn't go in the 2.6 tree, that's stable, right?


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bill davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx>
  CTO TMR Associates, Inc
  Doing interesting things with small computers since 1979
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