Additional GNIC-II Compile Problems

[s-sumi@trc.rwcp.or.jp]

Hi.

>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Worley <cworley@altatech.com> writes:
>> 
>> Hi.
>> 
>> > gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
>> > -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet
>> > -O6 -o hamachi.o -c hamachi.c
>> 
>> > /usr/include/asm/current.h:4: global register variable follows a
>> > function
>> > definition
>> > /usr/include/asm/current.h:4: warning: call-clobbered register used for
>> > global register variable
>> 
>> Add option -ffixed-8
>> 

Chris> Don't forget -mno_fp_regs; On an Alpha, the kernel doesn't swap FP regs,
Chris> so you can't allow GCC to think it can use the FP regs as temporary
Chris> regs.  It may compile without this switch, but during execution,
Chris> programs running will abort randomly with fp errors.

Sorry, I forgot to write. And it may need -fomit-frame-pointer for
kernel modules.

Here is an expample for compilation modules on alphas.

gcc -DMODULE -D__KERNEL__ -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fomit-frame-pointer -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -I/usr/src/linux/net/inet -O6 -c hamachi.c

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