Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 06:50:23 +1000 From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de Subject: Re: Correct names for C globals in kernel Message-ID: <199809172050.GAA01472@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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>this patch is interesting if it is planned to convert the kernel >itself to ELF. With these patches, the kernel will link in an ELF >world. John Polstra converted it a year or so ago. Names are already converted in <machine/asnames.h>. I think we plan to remove the extra underscores in the sources after fully switching to elf. >Under /usr/src/sys there is an assembler macro called CNAME that >adds an optional underscore to global symbols when needed. However, >that macro is rarely used. The following patch remedies that: CNAME is ugly. Bruce To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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