Re: RE : 2.6.6-rc3-mm2 : REGPARAM forced => no external module with some object code only

Zephaniah E. Hull
2004-05-06T12:45:05Z

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On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 01:18:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Eric Valette <eric.valette@free.fr> wrote:
> >
> > The Changelog says nothing really important but forcing REGPARAM is
> > rather important : it breaks any external module using object only code
> > that calls a kernel function.
>
> 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.)

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