On Monday 04 June 2007 11:26, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > i can sort of see what it represents, but what's the exact meaning > of checking for that preprocessor symbol? thanks. > Some of the headers are included in assembler source. __ASSEMBLY__ keeps out C constructs when "compiling" assembler sources. For example, ./arch/i386/relocate_kernel.S is including <asm-i386/page.h>, which has all kinds of C constructs like typedefs, functions declarations, etc. that do not make sense in assembly. Nethertheless, there are some usefull macro-definitions like PAGE_SHIT, PAGE_SIZE, etc. which we want to use even in assembly. tavi -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
