Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757116AbXIERvY (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:51:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753039AbXIERvO (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:51:14 -0400 Received: from rv-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.198.185]:7287 "EHLO rv-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752601AbXIERvL (ORCPT ); Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:51:11 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=LseFE19K9irSfz7VQBJ4w+H5xrmb50qD+f60eb/mSxgSNHQDjxb+X/nf3Onqtgu1nxM1OHUMoPxCVSSvrfczSyLd2QSqc5cFxXkQprpa9ArRuGj660fzexkRZYAiNm1B+Ad0dP70Up0fmYSOBLLI48kp/NxKt6kkjvblbWrWtKU= Message-ID: <8bd0f97a0709051051y1c0328ffx24068da775f8bad2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:51:10 -0400 From: "Mike Frysinger" To: "Andi Kleen" Subject: Re: the Linux kernel, testsuites, and maybe *you* Cc: "Linux Kernel" In-Reply-To: <8bd0f97a0709040805y233cf07yc60ec0fedadb706d@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <8bd0f97a0708311422u309ff09cs24dfe64ff535a982@mail.gmail.com> <8bd0f97a0709011550y833fb5ax7d40cae937789fd8@mail.gmail.com> <20070902065926.GA15487@one.firstfloor.org> <8bd0f97a0709020815r75fcb225lf44bcb57783b436c@mail.gmail.com> <20070902154351.GA21230@one.firstfloor.org> <8bd0f97a0709040805y233cf07yc60ec0fedadb706d@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1116 Lines: 23 On 9/4/07, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On 9/2/07, Andi Kleen wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 02, 2007 at 11:15:23AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > there is still the ABI issue ... code written in kernel space in pure > > > asm cannot always be compiled in userspace and work properly/the same > > > > Is that a blackfin weirdness? > > yes, Blackfin is weird in this respect due to being a no-mmu and > wanting ELF, but i was being sufficiently general to bolster my claims > and to leave the door open for any other port out there i'm not > familiar with and any port that comes along actually, there was another case i was thinking of ... it isnt uncommon for architectures to use compiler flags which affect the ABI and thus make userland not a 1-to-1 test example for the kernel ... consider the regparam stuff we use on i386 -mike - 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/