From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422703AbWHXVde (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:33:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422694AbWHXVdI (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:33:08 -0400 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:30982 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1422683AbWHXVdD (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:33:03 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 23:33:02 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: David Woodhouse Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] Core support for --combine -fwhole-program Message-ID: <20060824213302.GS19810@stusta.de> References: <1156429585.3012.58.camel@pmac.infradead.org> <1156433167.3012.119.camel@pmac.infradead.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1156433167.3012.119.camel@pmac.infradead.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.12-2006-07-14 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 04:26:07PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote: >... > index 0dfb794..725e5df 100644 > --- a/include/linux/module.h > +++ b/include/linux/module.h >... > @@ -470,11 +472,12 @@ void module_add_driver(struct module *, > void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *); > > #else /* !CONFIG_MODULES... */ > -#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) > -#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) > -#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(sym) > -#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym) > -#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) > + > +#define EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) extern typeof(sym) sym __global > +#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) > +#define EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL_FUTURE(sym) EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) > +#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL(sym) EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) > +#define EXPORT_UNUSED_SYMBOL_GPL(sym) EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym) >... If a "build everything except for assembler files at once" approach is possible, it should be possible to revert this and get even further savings. > dwmw2 cu Adrian -- Gentoo kernels are 42 times more popular than SUSE kernels among KLive users (a service by SUSE contractor Andrea Arcangeli that gathers data about kernels from many users worldwide). There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics. Benjamin Disraeli