Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 28 May 2006 22:46:51 -0700 (PDT) | Subject | Re: How to check if kernel sources are installed on a system? | From | David Miller <> |
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From: 4Front Technologies <dev@opensound.com> Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 22:35:56 -0700
> BTW, why is Mandriva the only distro to turn OFF REGPARM?. Again, I > think distros shouldn't be given an option to turn it off if its a > good thing to have. Are there any good reasons why REGPARM is > turned off?.
Each distribution has different demands and timing regarding the relase of their compiler relative to the release of the kernel source they decide to use.
It may have been prudent to fix a REGPARM miscompilation of the kernel by just disabling it for their release.
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