On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 14:08:44 +0200, Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This patch introduces __pa_symbol() macro which should be used to > calculate the physical address of kernel symbols. It also relies > on RELOC_HIDE() to avoid any compiler's oddities when doing > arithmetics on symbols. I agree with you that we need __pa_symbol(), but what is a purpose of using RELOC_HIDE() here? Frankly I do not understand what RELOC_HIDE() does... --- Atsushi Nemoto