From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261358AbUEFMpF (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2004 08:45:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261611AbUEFMpF (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2004 08:45:05 -0400 Received: from spock.bluecherry.net ([66.138.159.248]:19671 "EHLO spock.bluecherry.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261358AbUEFMpA (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2004 08:45:00 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 08:44:54 -0400 From: "Zephaniah E. Hull" To: Andrew Morton Cc: eric.valette@free.fr, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RE : 2.6.6-rc3-mm2 : REGPARAM forced => no external module with some object code only Message-ID: <20040506124454.GA12921@babylon.d2dc.net> Mail-Followup-To: Andrew Morton , eric.valette@free.fr, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4098D65D.9010107@free.fr> <20040505131809.10bdcae6.akpm@osdl.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040505131809.10bdcae6.akpm@osdl.org> X-Notice-1: Unsolicited Commercial Email (Aka SPAM) to ANY systems under X-Notice-2: our control constitutes a $US500 Administrative Fee, payable X-Notice-3: immediately. By sending us mail, you hereby acknowledge that X-Notice-4: policy and agree to the fee. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 01:18:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > Eric Valette wrote: > > > > The Changelog says nothing really important but forcing REGPARAM is=20 > > rather important : it breaks any external module using object only cod= e=20 > > that calls a kernel function. >=20 > 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. Any guess on when REGPARAM and 4KSTACKS will end up in Linus' tree? (Of interest because people may not consider it that important until they know it really is going to bite them.) --=20 1024D/E65A7801 Zephaniah E. Hull 92ED 94E4 B1E6 3624 226D 5727 4453 008B E65A 7801 CCs of replies from mailing lists are requested. "Microsoft is a cross between the Borg and the Ferengi. Unfortunately, they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to do their programming." -- Simon Slavin in asr --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAmjNGRFMAi+ZaeAERAmzqAKCIaP3jMcwuWraPOG8qLnIJmICHVACfXez2 U3A06Du2lUIWVzdMyGyxQd0= =xjRH -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --+HP7ph2BbKc20aGI--