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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/conf Makefile.i386 src/sys/i386/i386 setdef0.c setdef1.c setdefs.h identcpu.c locore.s machdep.c swtch.s src/sys/i386/isa npx.c src/sys/sys cdefs.h kernel.h src/sys/gnu/i386/fpemul div_small.s fpu_asm.h poly_div.s poly_mul64.s polynomial.s reg_div.s reg_norm.s reg_round.s reg_u_add.s reg_u_div.s reg_u_mul.s reg_u_sub.s wm_shrx.s wm_sqrt.s src/sys/i386/include asnames.h asmacros.h 
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>  The impact on developers is virtually nil, except for two things.
>  All linker sets that might possibly be present in the kernel must be
>  listed in "sys/i386/i386/setdefs.h".

Urg.  This complicates the sysctl a fair bit.  Can't we find some way
to build this list automagically ?

If we added a .stab for all linkersets, couldn't we gather it from there ?

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