On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 11:10:23AM -0700, David Daney wrote:
> On 05/24/2012 01:38 PM, Steven J. Hill wrote:
> >From: "Steven J. Hill"<sjhill@xxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Remove usage of the '__attribute__((alias("...")))' hack that aliased
> >to integer arrays containing micro-assembled instructions. This hack
> >breaks when building a microMIPS kernel. It also makes the code much
> >easier to understand.
> >
> >Signed-off-by: Steven J. Hill<sjhill@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks good to (and even works for) me:
>
> Acked-by: David Daney <david.daney@xxxxxxxxxx>
I have to admit that the attribute hack was a desperate attempt at
avoiding the last bit of assembler code for the page functions. But somehow
the patch isn't quite ripe yet. Building malta_defconfig from
7a3434a78b36be2d398a46fb505a3196a9df4a60 with this patch applied on top
I'm getting:
MODPOST 413 modules
ERROR: "copy_page" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "clear_page" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "clear_page" [drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/tc35815.ko] undefined!
Ralf
