* [PATCH] Do not use -msym32 option for modules.
@ 2006-10-10 13:13 Atsushi Nemoto
2006-10-10 15:48 ` Ralf Baechle
0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Atsushi Nemoto @ 2006-10-10 13:13 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-mips; +Cc: ralf
On 64-bit kernel, modules are loaded into XKSEG for now. While XKSEG
address is not a sign-extended 32-bit address, we can not use -msym32
option.
Signed-off-by: Atsushi Nemoto <anemo@mba.ocn.ne.jp>
diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile b/arch/mips/Makefile
index 2124350..6691086 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ cflags-y += -mabi=64
ifdef CONFIG_BUILD_ELF64
cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-mno-explicit-relocs)
else
-cflags-y += $(call cc-option,-msym32)
+# -msym32 can not be used for modules since they are loaded into XKSEG
+CFLAGS_MODULE += $(call cc-option,-mno-explicit-relocs)
+CFLAGS_KERNEL += $(call cc-option,-msym32)
endif
endif
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* Re: [PATCH] Do not use -msym32 option for modules.
2006-10-10 13:13 [PATCH] Do not use -msym32 option for modules Atsushi Nemoto
@ 2006-10-10 15:48 ` Ralf Baechle
0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Ralf Baechle @ 2006-10-10 15:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Atsushi Nemoto; +Cc: linux-mips
On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 10:13:55PM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote:
> On 64-bit kernel, modules are loaded into XKSEG for now. While XKSEG
> address is not a sign-extended 32-bit address, we can not use -msym32
> option.
It would be a nice optimization to reserve XKSEG for modules on -msym32
configurations.
Ralf
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