Re: Second x86-64 kernel snapshot based on 2.4.19rc1 released

From: Andreas Jaeger (aj@suse.de)
Date: Fri Jul 19 2002 - 02:13:47 EST


Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de> writes:

> On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 04:18:35PM -0400, Chris Friesen wrote:
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>>
>> > - vsyscalls are currently disabled because they trigger too many linker bugs together
>> > with HPET timers. The vsyscall pages just call normal syscalls.
>>
>> I assume that the linker is going to get fixed before general x86-64 release so
>> these can be used together?
>
> Yes, the problem is being worked on.

It looks currently like a kernel bug - the linker is fine. We're
currently working on a proper fix for this and I hope that Andi's next
kernel will work correctly.

Andreas

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