Re: [rtl] cli()/sti() in usermode

[yodaiken@fsmlabs.com]

On Tue, Aug 08, 2000 at 04:14:30PM -0400, Adam Meyerowitz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I know this is not directly related to RTL/RTAI but I just ran across this 
> and this seems
> to be the best place to ask.  I have a user space app that runs with 
> iopl(3) and that needs
> to use cli() and sti() once in the app.  I have included asm/system.h where 

I really dislike this feature of Linux: it is unsafe, nonportable, and 
I've never seen a necessary use.

> these seem
> to be defined by I'm getting undefined references to __cli(void) and 
> __sti(void).  What
> do I have to link with to grab these functions?  Do I have to compile with 
> -O to get these?

Try defining __KERNEL__ if you must.


> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> Adam
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