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Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 07:57:36 -0500 (EST)
From: Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
To: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
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Subject: Re: 2.5.53 : modules_install warnings 
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On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Rusty Russell wrote:

> In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.1021231091929.10362B-100000@gatekeeper.tmr.com> you write:
> > If they didn't work in 2.5.47, before the module change, then clearly they
> > are broken on their own. If they worked until then, and especially if they
> > work built-in still, I would certainly suspect that the problem is related
> > to the module change.
> 
> That's the point: they use cli, sti and save_flags.  All three were
> eliminated in SMP completely independently of the module changes.
> 
> Hope I'm being clearer?

Okay, so there are two issues, the SMP issue noted and and changes which
might be needed to make them work as modules. Gotit, thanks.

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bill davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  CTO, TMR Associates, Inc
Doing interesting things with little computers since 1979.

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