Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 02 Jan 2001 04:39:39 -0500 | From | Paul Gortmaker <> | Subject | Re: start___kallsyms missing from i386 vmlinux.lds ? |
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Keith Owens wrote: > > On Tue, 02 Jan 2001 01:56:08 -0500, > Paul Gortmaker <p_gortmaker@yahoo.com> wrote: > >--- linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds~ Fri Jul 7 03:47:07 2000 > >+++ linux/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds Mon Jan 1 07:55:50 2001 > >+ __start___kallsyms = .; /* All kernel symbols */ > >+ __kallsyms : { *(__kallsyms) } > >+ __stop___kallsyms = .; > > kernel/module.c defines > extern const char __start___kallsyms[] __attribute__ ((weak)); > extern const char __stop___kallsyms[] __attribute__ ((weak)); > > The symbols are weak and do not need to be defined. If gcc is not > honouring __attribute__ ((weak)) then you have a broken or obsolete > version of gcc. You need at least gcc 2.91.66 for kernel 2.4.
Yep, saw the weak part - just noted while scanning test11 diff that they were defined like the above patch for arch/sparc* and wondered if the inconsistency was intentional.
Thanks, Paul.
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