>> Gcc reserves %ebx when compiling position-independent-code on i386. This
>> means, the _syscallX() macros in include/asm-i386/unistd.h will not
>> compile. This patch is against 2.6.15.6 and adds a new set of macros
>> which will be used in PIC mode. These macros take special care to
>> preserve %ebx.
>
>But we don't compile the kernel with -fpic... We might want to, for kdump
>convenience at some stage, perhaps.
>
UML. Maybe it does not build with -fpic/-fPIC either, but it's one case
where it's more likely than with a "true" kernel.
Jan Engelhardt
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