lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2014]   [Sep]   [9]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
    /
    SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 25/29] nios2: Module support
    From
    Date
    On Mon, 08 Sep 2014 17:22:36 +0800, Ley Foon Tan said:
    > This patch adds support for loadable modules.
    >
    > Signed-off-by: Ley Foon Tan <lftan@altera.com>

    > +/*
    > + * Modules should NOT be allocated with kmalloc for (obvious) reasons.
    > + * But we do it for now to avoid relocation issues. CALL26/PCREL26 cannot reach
    > + * from 0x80000000 (vmalloc area) to 0xc00000000 (kernel) (kmalloc returns
    > + * addresses in 0xc0000000)
    > + */

    That's a nice scary comment to see. :)

    What's the long-term plan here?
    [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature]
    \
     
     \ /
      Last update: 2014-09-10 00:01    [W:4.101 / U:0.060 seconds]
    ©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site