On 9/4/07, Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/2/07, Andi Kleen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:15:23AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > there is still the ABI issue ... code written in kernel space in pure > > > asm cannot always be compiled in userspace and work properly/the same > > > > Is that a blackfin weirdness? > > yes, Blackfin is weird in this respect due to being a no-mmu and > wanting ELF, but i was being sufficiently general to bolster my claims > and to leave the door open for any other port out there i'm not > familiar with and any port that comes along
actually, there was another case i was thinking of ... it isnt uncommon for architectures to use compiler flags which affect the ABI and thus make userland not a 1-to-1 test example for the kernel ... consider the regparam stuff we use on i386 -mike - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
