Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263365AbTECSaG (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2003 14:30:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263370AbTECSaG (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2003 14:30:06 -0400 Received: from meg.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de ([134.109.132.57]:56017 "EHLO meg.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263365AbTECSaD (ORCPT ); Sat, 3 May 2003 14:30:03 -0400 Date: Sat, 3 May 2003 15:52:12 +0200 From: Ingo Oeser To: Andi Kleen Cc: Adrian Bunk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.5.68-bk11: .text.exit errors in .altinstructions Message-ID: <20030503155212.Q626@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> References: <20030502171355.GU21168@fs.tum.de> <20030502185229.GA27169@averell> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <20030502185229.GA27169@averell>; from ak@muc.de on Fri, May 02, 2003 at 08:52:29PM +0200 X-Spam-Score: -32.2 (--------------------------------) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *19C1xt-0007UH-00*uMf7bDzPrOQ* Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 760 Lines: 20 On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 08:52:29PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > The only fix I know currently is to remove the .exit.text > discard from arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S. It'll increase the kernel > text size slightly because functions that would only be needed > for module unload in some drivers will be compiled in too. > But it's probably not too bad, at worst a few KB. What is that .altinstructions stuff? I'm having a hard time to understand, what it should do, and why it is desperately needed. Regards Ingo Oeser - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/