Re: 2.1.91: ALPHA

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@ibm.net)
Mon, 6 Apr 1998 21:25:17 -0400 (EDT)


On Mon, 6 Apr 1998, Thomas Pornin wrote:

> Beware that 2.1.92 on an alpha does not seem to be able to automatically
> insert a module without producing a bunch of oopses (and not inserting
> the module). So no kmod. Apart from that, it seems to work well.

The Alpha kernel needs a working _kernel_fork() to support kmod. I
finally dug up the necessary documentation on Alpha calling conventions
and assembler syntax, and will attempt implementing it over the coming
weekend. Richard Henderson and others have provided helpful hints, so
now it's a matter of serious hacking <g>.

Steve

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