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Date:      Sat, 17 Jul 2004 19:53:34 -0700
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To:        4Front Technologies <dev@opensound.com>
Cc:        freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: KLD support in FreeBSD/AMD64
Message-ID:  <20040718025334.GD1070@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <40F7FBA1.30602@opensound.com>
References:  <40F70C3A.5020300@opensound.com> <20040716063500.GA23719@cat.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <40F7FBA1.30602@opensound.com>

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On Fri, Jul 16, 2004 at 09:00:33AM -0700, 4Front Technologies wrote:
> Thanks Tim. I really appreciate your help. Let's hope that the -CURRENT has 
> fixed problems with the gcc compilers (-fPIC and -mcmodel=kernel problems) 
> as well.
 
Its not a problem with the GCC compiler.  Our old KLD design requires
relocations and a memory model that is in compatable with the AMD64
platform.  Peter Wemm redeisnged our modules on AMD64 such that they are
pretty much just ELF .o's.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)



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