CPCI-405 port (PPC405GP)

Tom Rini trini at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Sep 21 02:35:11 EST 2001


On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 12:32:08PM -0400, Josh Huber wrote:
> Tom Rini <trini at kernel.crashing.org> writes:
>
> > But the bi_recs in 2.5 won't look like 2.4.current.
>
> bummer...can it not be changed in a compatible manner?

Not really.  In 2.4 we toss the bi_recs near the end of the kernel+BSS,
i _think_.  In 2.5 we want r<3 or 4 or so> to be a pointer to where
they are.  This is why we've been waiting until 2.5, we want to break
compatibility.

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Tom Rini (TR1265)
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