Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:40:43 -0500 | From | Jon Loeliger <> | Subject | Re: history of extratext sections? |
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David Woodhouse wrote: > On Fri, 2007-10-26 at 05:57 -0400, Robin Getz wrote: >> Is this section still used on PPC, or can the entire support for >> extratext be removed? > > I think it can die. >
Agreed. For history, see this:
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019734.html
and
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019736.html
where Arnd says:
> The users of the ppc64 function in_kernel_text() can probably be converted > to the generic is_kernel_text() function. > > Arnd <><
and
http://ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev/2005-September/019751.html
Where Paul said:
>> And I assume that the obvious mappings can take place (ie, that >> "pmac.text" can just be placed in regular .text, etc), right? > > Yes. > > Paul.
HTH, jdl
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