Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262713AbUKLXrt (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:47:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262712AbUKLXqk (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:46:40 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:49025 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262722AbUKLX1q (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:27:46 -0500 Message-Id: <200411122326.iACNQSEn006943@gue01.inform.pucp.edu.pe> To: Dave Jones , Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] WTF is VLI? In-Reply-To: Message from Dave Jones of "Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:10:50 CDT." <20041111211050.GC32275@redhat.com> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.0.4; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 15) Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:26:28 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1008 Lines: 20 Dave Jones said: > On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 09:05:11PM +0000, Hugh Dickins wrote: > > What is this "VLI" that 2.6.9 started putting after the taint string > > in i386 oopses? Vick Library Index? Vineyard Leadership Institute? > > "Variable length instructions". I think newer ksymoops looks > for this tag and does something magical when doing disassembly. Huh? Either an architecture has them (i386) or doesn't (RISCs). Or am I seriously misunderstanding here? -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/