Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761988AbXLTV15 (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:27:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756029AbXLTV1s (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:27:48 -0500 Received: from odyssey.analogic.com ([204.178.40.5]:4488 "EHLO odyssey.analogic.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755864AbXLTV1r convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:27:47 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Dec 2007 21:27:37.0888 (UTC) FILETIME=[24CBEA00:01C8434F] Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: Trying to convert old modules to newer kernels Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:27:37 -0500 Message-ID: in-reply-to: <20071220182815.GA5438@uranus.ravnborg.org> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Trying to convert old modules to newer kernels thread-index: AchDTyTVCtc0H8heSYOjyTE+0w4VBg== References: <20071219202323.GH2310@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20071220150255.GE2308@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <20071220182815.GA5438@uranus.ravnborg.org> From: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" To: "Sam Ravnborg" Cc: "Lennart Sorensen" , "Linux kernel" Reply-To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1868 Lines: 44 On Thu, 20 Dec 2007, Sam Ravnborg wrote: >> >> It never gets to the printk(). You were right about the >> compilation. Somebody changed the kernel to compile with >> parameter passing in REGISTERS! This means that EVERYTHING >> needs to be compiled the same way, 'C' calling conventions >> were not good enough! > > How did you build the module. It reads like you failed to use > kbuild to build your module which is why you did not pass > correct options to gcc - correct? > > If you did not use kbuild - why not? > Is there anything missing you need? > > Sam > I need to get rid of -mregparm=3 on gcc's command line. It is completely incompatible with the standard calling conventions used in all our assembly-language files in our drivers. We make very high-speed number-crunching drivers that munge high-speed data into images. We need to do that in assembly as we have always done. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.22.1 on an i686 machine (5588.29 BogoMips). My book : http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/ _ **************************************************************** The information transmitted in this message is confidential and may be privileged. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify Analogic Corporation immediately - by replying to this message or by sending an email to DeliveryErrors@analogic.com - and destroy all copies of this information, including any attachments, without reading or disclosing them. Thank you. -- 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/