Re: [RFC] /proc/ksyms change for IA64

[Rusty Russell]

In message <[e-mail]> you write:
> The IA64 use of descriptors for function pointers has bitten ksymoops.
> For those not familiar with IA64, &func points to a descriptor
> containing { &code, &data_context }.  System.map contains the address
> of the code, /proc/ksyms contains the address of the descriptor.
> insmod needs the descriptor address, ksymoops and debuggers need the
> code address, /proc/ksyms needs to contain both addresses, with one of
> them prefixed by a special character.

Eewwww....

	How about just adding /proc/ksyms-ia64 with the code pointers
which contains the ia64 code addresses required by ksymoops and
debuggers.  These are, after all, less vital than insmod.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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