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Date:      Thu, 17 Sep 1998 17:01:19 -0700
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Correct names for C globals in kernel
Message-ID:  <199809180001.RAA13972@austin.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <199809171933.VAA29946@yacht.domestic.de>
References:  <199809171933.VAA29946@yacht.domestic.de>

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In article <199809171933.VAA29946@yacht.domestic.de>,
Joachim Kuebart  <joki@kuebart.stuttgart.netsurf.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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:
[600 line patch]

Gee thanks, but this is totally unnecessary.  See
"src/sys/i386/include/asnames.h".
--
   John Polstra                                       jdp@polstra.com
   John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                Seattle, Washington USA
   "Self-knowledge is always bad news."                 -- John Barth

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