Messages in this thread | | | From | Andi Kleen <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 9/33] i386 boot: Add serial output support to the decompressor | Date | Wed, 2 Aug 2006 05:10:07 +0200 |
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> > /* WARNING!! > > * This code is compiled with -fPIC and it is relocated dynamically > > * at run time, but no relocation processing is performed. > > * This means that it is not safe to place pointers in static structures. > > */
iirc the only static relocation in early_printk is the one to initialize the console pointers - that could certainly be moved to be at run time.
> lib/string.c might be useful. The fact that the functions are not > static slightly concerns me. I have a vague memory of non-static > functions generating relocations for no good reason.
Would surprise me.
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