From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from pippin.tausq.org (gandalf.tausq.org [64.81.244.94]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B970648BC for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 12:06:33 -0700 (MST) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 11:02:20 -0800 From: Randolph Chung To: John David Anglin Cc: "b.gunreben" , jsoe0708@tiscali.be, willy@debian.org, doko@cs.tu-berlin.de, debian-hppa@lists.debian.org, debian-gcc@lists.debian.org, parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru, linux-net@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Re: gcc-3.2 -> gcc-3.3 transition on hppa Message-ID: <20030318190220.GT26139@tausq.org> Reply-To: Randolph Chung References: <3E7761F6.403DC5@web.de> <200303181853.h2IIr53R016234@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <200303181853.h2IIr53R016234@hiauly1.hia.nrc.ca> Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: > __canonicalize_funcptr_for_compare depends critically on the > the initial setup of function descriptors by the dynamic loader > and the trampoline in the dynamic loader used to resolve the > address of functions. This could easily break if someone > unknowing messes with the pa specific parts of the dynamic > loader or the setup of function descriptors. um, Dave, we are talking about kernel here right? so no dynamic loader is involved. or did i misnuderstand you? randolph -- Randolph Chung Debian GNU/Linux Developer, hppa/ia64 ports http://www.tausq.org/