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Subject:    Re: Solaris compiler question...
From:       "G. Roderick Singleton" <gerry () pathtech ! org>
Date:       2001-04-28 20:32:47
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> From: Darren Reed <darrenr@reed.wattle.id.au>
> Subject: Solaris compiler question...
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> I'm not sure I should be the one asking this question (;-) but does
> anyone here know if using certain cc options is "bad news" when it
> comes to compiling LKM's for Solaris 2.5.1 ?
> 
> My observation is that using the -xF command line option to cc results
> in a LKM being loaded with the symbol replacement corrupted.  That is,
> a function call to foo() becomes a function call to 0xecdf1000 or some
> such nonsense.
> 

I've been thinking about this since I saw the message and have remembered that
there is no way to use the symbolic info in the kernel or LKMs. Just kadb. Thus
lose the -xF.

> This is the same version of cc that I'm using successfully on other
> Solaris platforms, although I'm tempted to turn this off for all.
> 
> Darren
> 

True with the later versions, too.


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