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Subject: Re: using memset in a module
From: Shaya Potter <spotter@cs.columbia.edu>
To: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
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On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 18:49, David S. Miller wrote:
>    From: Shaya Potter <spotter@cs.columbia.edu>
>    Date: 26 Sep 2002 18:49:22 -0400
> 
>    I have a problem using memset in a module.
>    
> You cannot use different compilers to build modules than
> were used to build the kernel itself.
> 
> If 2.95 was used to build the kernel, and you then try to
> use gcc-3.{0,1,2} to build a module that resulting module
> will have little chance of working.

I know that, gcc-3.2 was an act of desperation after gcc-2.95 wasn't
working at all.  I just wanted to see if it made a diff and it did,
didnt even bother try loading the resulting .o

shaya