On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 11:27 -0500, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 11:13:19AM -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > > It never gets to the printk(). You were right about the > > compilation. Somebody changed the kernel to compile with > > parameter passing in REGISTERS! This means that EVERYTHING > > needs to be compiled the same way, 'C' calling conventions > > were not good enough! > > > > FYI, it has been previously shown that passing parameters > > in registers on register-starved ix86 machines is always > > a loss, because the registers need to be freed up, either > > by saving them on the stack or as dummy memory variables. > > > > Now, they've done it to the entire kernel! > > It's a config option. I think redhat was the first to actually start > using it on their distributions. Many distributions don't use it. > Debian does not use it on their kernels.
And anyway, what's wrong with having the kernel build scripts build the module for you? ;-) Jon. -- 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/
