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Date:	Mon, 11 Feb 2008 13:20:41 +0100
From:	Bernd Petrovitsch <bernd@...mix.at>
To:	rohit h <hrohit85@...il.com>
Cc:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Joonwoo Park <joonwpark81@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: C++ in linux kernel

On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 17:07 +0530, rohit h wrote:
> On Feb 8, 2008 9:24 PM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de> wrote:
[...]
> > Compiling the kernel module with g++ is not a simple work, you may
> > need big patch for kernel itself.
> 
> I don't want to compile entire kernel.
> I only want to compile my module with g++ and insmod it.
> Any hint on how to write the Makefile.

You really should learn on the differences at run-time between between
- pure C in a hosted environment (read: you have a full libc),
- pure C in a standalone environment (read: e.g. the Linux kernel), and
- C++ in both variants.

	Bernd
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