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Subject: How to link a .o with all modules
Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 13:22:38 -0500
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Sam,

We have a case in powerpc in which we want to link some library  
routines with all module objects.  The routines are intended for  
handling out-of-line function call register save/restore so having  
them as EXPORT_SYMBOL() is counter productive (we do also need to link  
the same "library" code into the kernel).

Any suggestions on how to handle this?

thanks

- k