Re: [RFC] 2.5.8 sort kernel tables

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 09:50:53 +0100 (BST)


> It requires extra storage which is unacceptable. The kernel tables
> must be sorted before any code that might take an exception is used.
> The sort must be done very early, before kernel memory management is
> setup. In addition, the kernel stack has a limited size.

Why not sort them after linking and before you boot the kernel. This sounds
like a job for libbfd after link. I hadn't realised you planned to do the
sort every boot

Alan
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