On Wed, 1 Dec 2004, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > The compiler was improved with PIC code in mind. The kernel is > non-PIC, and can't allow explicit relocs by the compiler because > of the weird code model used for 64bit kernels. This led to some > degradation and even subtle failures for inline assembly code which > relies on assumptions about earlier compiler's behaviour. What do you mean by "the weird code model" and what failures have you observed? I think the bits are worth being done correctly, so I'd like to know what problems to address. Maciej
