Re: 2.5.68-bk11: .text.exit errors in .altinstructions

[Ingo Oeser]

On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 08:52:29PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> The only fix I know currently is to remove the .exit.text
> discard from arch/i386/vmlinux.lds.S. It'll increase the kernel
> text size slightly because functions that would only be needed
> for module unload in some drivers will be compiled in too. 
> But it's probably not too bad, at worst a few KB.

What is that .altinstructions stuff?

I'm having a hard time to understand, what it should do, and why
it is desperately needed.

Regards

Ingo Oeser