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Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 04:43:46 +0100 From: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@...glemail.com> To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org> Cc: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.org, benh@...nel.crashing.org Subject: Re: net-2.6.24 breaks powerpc mysteriously On Friday 12 October 2007 05:09, Paul Mackerras wrote: > > I supposed a hacky fix is to add __KERNEL__ ifdef protection around > > zlib_inflate_blob() and those troublesome includes. A nicer fix is > > That would do, but I don't see why zlib_inflate_blob had to be added > to inflate.c rather than being in a new file under lib/zlib_inflate. Done. > If nothing else, that bloats configs that currently use inflate.c (in > the kernel) but don't need zlib_inflate_blob() - which would be all > the existing uses. :) I did it. However, in general I prefer to have a better linker, one which is capable of eliminate unused fuctions/data on the per-object basis, not per .o file. Patches to implement that are sent to Sam Ravnborg. Hopefully they will make it to mainline. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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