From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262080AbUEFM4j (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2004 08:56:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262109AbUEFM4i (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2004 08:56:38 -0400 Received: from dvmwest.gt.owl.de ([62.52.24.140]:11212 "EHLO dvmwest.gt.owl.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262080AbUEFM4Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 May 2004 08:56:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 14:56:15 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: RE : 2.6.6-rc3-mm2 : REGPARAM forced => no external module with some object code only Message-ID: <20040506125615.GA29503@lug-owl.de> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton References: <4098D65D.9010107@free.fr> <20040505131809.10bdcae6.akpm@osdl.org> <20040506124454.GA12921@babylon.d2dc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="SoGQxgZEULAMOcJz" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040506124454.GA12921@babylon.d2dc.net> X-Operating-System: Linux mail 2.4.18 X-gpg-fingerprint: 250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 8399 E1BB X-gpg-key: wwwkeys.de.pgp.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --SoGQxgZEULAMOcJz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, 2004-05-06 08:44:54 -0400, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote in message <20040506124454.GA12921@babylon.d2dc.net>: > On Wed, May 05, 2004 at 01:18:09PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote: > > Eric Valette wrote: > > > > > > The Changelog says nothing really important but forcing REGPARAM is= =20 > > > rather important : it breaks any external module using object only c= ode=20 > > > that calls a kernel function. > >=20 > > This is why we should remove the option - to reduce the number of ways = in > > which the kernel might have been built. Yes, there will be a bit of > > transition pain while these people catch up. Sorry, missed the previous mail... Well, practically, reducing options will help compatibility, *but* personally, I don't see a problem there. Linux only claims limited source compatibility, so I don't see much of a problem there. If binary modules fall down to their feet, they need to catch up. MfG, JBG --=20 Jan-Benedict Glaw jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 "Eine Freie Meinung in einem Freien Kopf | Gegen Zensur | Gegen Krieg fuer einen Freien Staat voll Freier B=FCrger" | im Internet! | im Ira= k! ret =3D do_actions((curr | FREE_SPEECH) & ~(NEW_COPYRIGHT_LAW | DRM | TC= PA)); --SoGQxgZEULAMOcJz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAmjXvHb1edYOZ4bsRAunTAKCMgfrBT54D872nRILvWYkUWqM8uACeK/nd qFAPw4xLL0g0sd7SLlMvU40= =YZ0o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --SoGQxgZEULAMOcJz--