Clarification on section variable attribute usage [try #2]

2007-12-10 Thread Franck Bui-Huu
[ example updated ] Hi, Since at least 3.4, the GCC manual says: Use the `section' attribute with an _initialized_ definition of a _global_ variable, as shown in the example. GCC issues a warning and otherwise ignores the `section' attribute in uninitialized variable declara

Clarification on section variable attribute usage

2007-12-04 Thread Franck Bui-Huu
Hi, Since at least 3.4, the GCC manual says: Use the `section' attribute with an _initialized_ definition of a _global_ variable, as shown in the example. GCC issues a warning and otherwise ignores the `section' attribute in uninitialized variable declarations. but this does

Re: Cannot unwind through MIPS signal frames with ICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR

2007-11-13 Thread Franck Bui-Huu
On Nov 13, 2007 3:37 PM, Kevin D. Kissell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Franck a dit: > > > Another reason is to get rid of the classic trampoline the kernel installs > > > on the stack. On some multiprocessor systems it requires a cacheflush > > > operation to be performed on all processors which

Re: Cannot unwind through MIPS signal frames with ICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR

2007-11-13 Thread Franck Bui-Huu
On Nov 13, 2007 3:00 PM, Ralf Baechle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 02:14:58PM +0100, Franck Bui-Huu wrote: > > > > > David Daney writes: > > > > > With the current kernel (2.6.23.1) in my R5000 based O2 it seems > >

Re: Cannot unwind through MIPS signal frames with ICACHE_REFILLS_WORKAROUND_WAR

2007-11-13 Thread Franck Bui-Huu
On Nov 13, 2007 1:10 PM, Ralf Baechle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 11:48:53AM +, Andrew Haley wrote: > > > David Daney writes: > > > With the current kernel (2.6.23.1) in my R5000 based O2 it seems > > > impossible for GCC's exception unwinding machinery to unwind th