> /usr/include/asm/page.h:96: global register variable follows a function definition
> /usr/include/asm/page.h:96: warning: call-clobbered register used for global register variable
>
> In these parts, <asm/page.h> contains:
>
> #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> /* Do prdele, look what happens to be in %g4... */
> register unsigned long page_offset asm("g4"); /* This is line no. 96. */
> #define PAGE_OFFSET page_offset
> #else
> #define PAGE_OFFSET 0xFFFFF80000000000
> #endif
>
> My compilation command-line is:
> egcs64 -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -D__SMP__ -O -c -o module.o module.c
I updated my kernel anyways to the latest v2.2 (2.2.22), but that's not it.
I added the -ffixed-g4 option to the Makefile and everything compiles fine
and loads fine. It doesn't work fine, but I don't think that has anything
to do with it.
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