Yes, that is exactly the config you should turn off. I've submitted my 
changes, but been a little too busy to respond to comments and fix 
issues. Changes that aren't accepted will be hosted somewhere, but I 
don't have them up anywhere at the moment. Only posted to the devel list 
at openmoko.org.

Wang Mac wrote:
> WOW, you've said a lot things I don't familiar with.
> I checked the qcom kernel config, it has CONFIG_HAS_TLS_REG=y.
> Do you mean I should disable it?
>
> And it seems that you've contributed a lot of patches (I googled), 
> could you please tell me where is your main patches resource. 
> (openmoko? or where?). I'll try it...
>
> Thanks,
> Mac
>
> 2008/11/13 Sean McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>
>
>     Oh, I see...
>
>     Does your target have support for a TLS register? Google stubbornly
>     won't change the code that fetched the TLS to use the function (which
>     works fine with or without register store). Instead, they read the
>     high
>     memory address. You can either use my patch to call the function
>     instead, or you can configure your kernel to use the high-mem address
>     instead of register.
>
>     Wang Mac wrote:
>     > Hi Sean,
>     >
>     > I tried __builtin_clz() test. It can be run and the results are
>     > correct on my QCOM8250 board.
>     >
>     > Basically QCOM8250 supports armv7 instruction set, it's not
>     surprising
>     > that it can execute armv5 inst.
>     > I mentioned armv6 and armv5 toolchain before is because I don't want
>     > to "downgrade" the toolchain. Right now I want to make them
>     co-exist.
>     > Using qcom's toolchain to compile kernel while using android's
>     > toolchain to compile android binaries, since qcom is also toolchain
>     > sensitive(it specifically said to use THAT version of codesourcery
>     > toolchain).
>     >
>     > What I'm wondering right now is why android's static linked
>     > executables can't run on my platform.
>     > Now I have new clue, but I don't know how to interpret it.
>     >
>     > Below are the results I ran strace clz_test (clz_test is the clz
>     test
>     > program), seems quite normal.
>     > ====================
>     > # strace /mnt/clz_test
>     > uname({sys="Linux", node="192.168.0.100 <http://192.168.0.100>
>     <http://192.168.0.100>", ...}) = 0
>     > brk(0)                                  = 0x80000
>     > brk(0x80c70)                            = 0x80c70
>     > syscall_983045(0x80430, 0x7db20, 0, 0x10, 0x80430, 0x7e4cc, 0x7e7d0,
>     > 0xf0005, 0x28, 0x8, 0x4, 0x10, 0, 0xbe966b48, 0x11b58, 0x8874,
>     > 0x60000010, 0x80430, 0, 0, 0, 0xda4c, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>     0) = 0
>     > brk(0xa1c70)                            = 0xa1c70
>     > brk(0xa2000)                            = 0xa2000
>     > fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFCHR|0600, st_rdev=makedev(136, 0), ...}) = 0
>     > mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE,
>     MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
>     > 0) = 0x40000000
>     > write(1, "__builtin_clz test: 18\n", 23__builtin_clz test: 18
>     > ) = 23
>     > ...
>     > ====================
>     >
>     > Below are the results I ran strace init, stuck at syscall_983045()
>     > ====================
>     > # strace /mnt/init
>     > gettid()                                = 696
>     > syscall_983045(0xbebf5d14, 0, 0x40, 0, 0xbebd6000, 0xbebf5e50,
>     > 0xbebf5e14, 0xf0005, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0xbebf5cf8, 0x1209b, 0x1790c,
>     > 0x60000010, 0xbebf5d14, 0, 0, 0, 0xda4c, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
>     0, 0) = 0
>     > --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
>     > +++ killed by SIGSEGV (core dumped) +++
>     > Process 696 detached
>     > ====================
>     > 1. I don't know what syscall_983045() is, why it has no
>     reasonable name.
>     > 2. I noticied the first parameter value is not reasonable, seems it
>     > should be an address? Compare to the value I ran clz_test,
>     0xbebf5d14
>     > is too large.
>     >
>     > Any suggestions? Thanks!
>     >
>     > Regards,
>     > Mac
>     >
>     > 2008/11/13 Sean McNeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>
>     >
>     >
>     >     The results below do not indicate armv5 support. It could
>     and most
>     >     likely is not generating armv5 instructions for a simple
>     "hello world"
>     >     program. You would have to do something more elaborate and
>     check the
>     >     assembly.
>     >
>     >     Wang Mac wrote:
>     >     > I believe 8250 can run armv5 code generated by android
>     toolchian,
>     >     > because I wrote a simple "hello world" C program compiled
>     by android
>     >     > toolchain can be run on 8250 platform. The way I did was,
>     >     > 1. cd ~/mydroid
>     >     > 2.
>     prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/arm-eabi-4.2.1/arm-eabi/bin/gcc
>     >     test.c
>     >     > 3. copy a.out to my platform, and try to run it
>     >     > 4. the result is correct!
>     >     >
>     >     > But I also try to compile my test.c with android's
>     standard make
>     >     way,
>     >     > the generated executable can be run on 8250 platform.
>     >     > 1. cd ~/mydroid/system/core
>     >     > 2. cp -a init test
>     >     > 3. cd test
>     >     > 4. edit Android.mk
>     >     > LOCAL_SRC_FILES:= test.c
>     >     > LOCAL_MODULE:= test
>     >     > 5. mm (from envsetup.sh)
>     >     > 6. it will generate test in
>     >     ~/mydroid/out/target/product/generic/root
>     >     > 7. I tried to run the generated test on my platform, it
>     produces
>     >     > segmentation fault (core dumped) as init did.
>     >     >
>     >     > So I guess the reason may be the linked libraries or it's
>     thumb
>     >     code?
>     >     >
>     >     > Regards,
>     >     > Mac
>     >     >
>     >     > 2008/11/12 kernel gick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     >     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>     >     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>>
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >         Although the gcc version is older than Android
>     toolchain, it
>     >     >         generates armv6 code instead of armv5 generated by
>     android
>     >     >         toolchain.
>     >     >
>     >     >         Did android's toolchain be modified somewhere so
>     you suggest
>     >     >         to use this one?
>     >     >
>     >     >         Thanks,
>     >     >         Mac
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >     If MSM8250 can run armv5 code(qualcomm kernel)
>     generated by
>     >     >     android toolchain, it will be easy to run android code on
>     >     it, but
>     >     >     if you try replace android toolchain inside build with
>     >     >     codesourcery  toolchain, you can expect lot of
>     troubles while
>     >     >     compiling android build.
>     >     >
>     >     >     Thanks
>     >     >     Gicky
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
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