From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: "linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org list" <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>,
sam@ravnborg.org, lkml List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: How to link a .o with all modules
Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 16:27:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <481E4655.7040000@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6C8AB345-2DA0-460D-B7C8-262463247DDE@kernel.crashing.org>
Kumar Gala wrote:
> Sam,
>
> We have a case in powerpc in which we want to link some library routines
> with all module objects. The routines are intended for handling
> out-of-line function call register save/restore so having them as
> EXPORT_SYMBOL() is counter productive (we do also need to link the same
> "library" code into the kernel).
>
Why is having them as an EXPORT_SYMBOL() counterproductive? It sounds
like *exactly* what you need -- and then having the kernel provide the
same code to modules, instead of replication...?
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-05-05 0:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-05-04 18:22 How to link a .o with all modules Kumar Gala
2008-05-04 19:24 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-05-05 14:46 ` Kumar Gala
2008-05-05 20:44 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-05-08 14:16 ` Kumar Gala
2008-05-08 20:22 ` Sam Ravnborg
2008-05-09 13:52 ` Kumar Gala
2008-05-12 15:51 ` Kumar Gala
2008-06-03 4:55 ` Kumar Gala
2008-05-04 23:27 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-05-04 23:38 ` Paul Mackerras
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