Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch

[Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner%fz-juelich.de@localhost>]

cube%cubidou.net@localhost said:
> Kernel modules, on the other hand...

Hmm, didn't think of that. (using them myself only for testing)

> a gaping ABI incompatibility is completely unacceptable

There are two ways to fix this without the 64-bit-paddr overhead,
a short-term and a long-term one.
The short-term fix would be to use another module load path.
This is close to calling it a different port, but it would
not affect userland.
A more correct but more expensive fix would be to keep out
paddr_t from the kernel ABI relevant to modules.

best regards
Matthias



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