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To: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: Second x86-64 kernel snapshot based on 2.4.19rc1 released
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From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@suse.de>
Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 09:13:47 +0200
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Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> writes:

> On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 04:18:35PM -0400, Chris Friesen wrote:
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>> 
>> > - vsyscalls are currently disabled because they trigger too many linker bugs together
>> > with HPET timers. The vsyscall pages just call normal syscalls.
>> 
>> I assume that the linker is going to get fixed before general x86-64 release so
>> these can be used together?
>
> Yes, the problem is being worked on.

It looks currently like a kernel bug - the linker is fine.  We're
currently working on a proper fix for this and I hope that Andi's next
kernel will work correctly.

Andreas
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