Re: Trying to convert old modules to newer kernels

From: Roland Dreier
Date: Thu Dec 20 2007 - 16:40:52 EST


> It doesn't seem to be something in .config. Do you know how to
> reconfigure to get parameter passing put back like it was? Our
> production applications have lots of assembly-language files
> and I'm sure we are not going to be able to change all those!

32-bit x86 uses regparm=3 by default now since commit a1a70c25 ("i386:
always enable regparm"), which went in about a year ago. To go back
to the old way, you'll just have to edit arch/x86/Makefile_32 (and
rebuild your whole kernel from a clean tree, obviously).

- R.
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