Re: [patch] 2.6.1-mm5 compile do not use shared extable code for ia64

David Mosberger
2004-01-21T18:43:17Z

>>>>> On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 07:23:49 -0500, Jes Sorensen <jes@trained-monkey.org> said:

Jes> Hi,
Jes> The new sort_extable and shares search_extable code doesn't work on
Jes> ia64. I have introduced two new #defines that archs can define to avoid
Jes> the common code being built. ARCH_HAS_SEARCH_EXTABLE and
Jes> ARCH_HAS_SORT_EXTABLE.

Jes> With this patch, 2.6.1-mm5 builds again on ia64.

What's this about? Isn't the only reason this doesn't work because
the "insn" member is called "addr" on ia64? If so, surely it would
make more sense to do a little renaming?

--david