Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 04 May 2008 16:27:17 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: How to link a .o with all modules |
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Kumar Gala wrote: > Sam, > > We have a case in powerpc in which we want to link some library routines > with all module objects. The routines are intended for handling > out-of-line function call register save/restore so having them as > EXPORT_SYMBOL() is counter productive (we do also need to link the same > "library" code into the kernel). >
Why is having them as an EXPORT_SYMBOL() counterproductive? It sounds like *exactly* what you need -- and then having the kernel provide the same code to modules, instead of replication...?
-hpa
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