Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 04:41:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 04:41:46 -0500 Received: from mail203.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.58.143]:26170 "EHLO imf03bis.bellsouth.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 04:41:35 -0500 Message-ID: <3C0F3D49.757F8AFD@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 04:41:29 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.16 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Woodhouse CC: "David S. Miller" , kaos@ocs.com.au, marcelo@conectiva.com.br, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] 2.4.16 for pointers to __devexit functions In-Reply-To: <20011206.001423.118949508.davem@redhat.com> <11777.1007619756@kao2.melbourne.sgi.com> <3C0F27CA.59C22DEF@mandrakesoft.com> <15133.1007631619@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David Woodhouse wrote: > > davem@redhat.com said: > > > Why not __attribute__((weak)) ? > > This doesn't work on all platforms unfortunately :( > > Doesn't work at all, or just doesn't work with the (current) minimum > recommended compiler? We have to increase those minima at some point. akpm and others will yell :) egcs-1.1.2 compiles an x86 kernel far faster than newer compilers... Jeff -- Jeff Garzik | Only so many songs can be sung Building 1024 | with two lips, two lungs, and one tongue. MandrakeSoft | - nomeansno - 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/