If I compile a function into a section other than __text (i.e., using __attribute__((section("__TEXT,__mysection"))) ) and invoke that function when my kernel extension is loading, I get a kernel panic. If I look at the contents of that function, using gdb, just before I jump to its address, it is all zeros. It appears that not all sections are loaded before the kernel extension is initialized. If I don't invoke this function when the kernel extension is loading but, rather, wait and invoke it after the kernel extension has loaded, a kernel panic does not occur. Should all sections be loaded before the kernel extension is initialized? Is this observed behavior to be expected? If so, any suggestions to work around this problem? (Yes, not compiling functions into non-standard sections would work. However, doing so is currently solving another problem. I'll pursue solving this other problem in another way if there are no other options.) Thanks! geoff -- Geoffrey Schmit Senior Software Engineer National Instruments geoffrey.schmit@ni.com www.ni.com _______________________________________________ darwin-kernel mailing list | darwin-kernel@lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Archives: http://www.lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/darwin-kernel Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored.