Re: [Dri-devel] Mach64: atimisc_drv.o relies on drm

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Fri, 2002-05-31 at 14:35, Sergey V. Udaltsov wrote:
> > Great Felix! I bet that you slept much better after too! ;-)
> But the question is still open - what in DRM interfaces makes them so
> gcc-dependable? Why gcc3-built module cannot properly interact with
> gcc2.96-built kernel?

Kernel modules may rely on kernel internal data structures, which may be
laid out differently in memory by different compilers. I don't think you
can expect this to work, but if I'm wrong I'm sure Linus will LART me.
:)


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
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