Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932607AbVIHPuP (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:50:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932653AbVIHPuP (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:50:15 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:42983 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932622AbVIHPuM (ORCPT ); Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:50:12 -0400 Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 16:50:11 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Jan Beulich Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] re-export genapic on i386 Message-ID: <20050908155011.GA12359@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Jan Beulich , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <4320793602000078000244D9@emea1-mh.id2.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4320793602000078000244D9@emea1-mh.id2.novell.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 814 Lines: 19 On Thu, Sep 08, 2005 at 05:47:34PM +0200, Jan Beulich wrote: > (Note: Patch also attached because the inline version is certain to get > line wrapped.) > > A change not too long ago made i386's genapic symbol no longer be > exported, > and thus certain low-level functions no longer be usable. Since > close-to- > the-hardware code may still be modular, this rectifies the situation. Again, what code would use it, why and why can't it use a proper accessor. And a shitty thousands of lines out ot tree debugger ported from Novell's legacy OS is not the answer, btw. - 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/