What is "asmlinkage"

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From: Gregory Propf
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1995 00:00

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I need to do a bit of kernel hacking for a friend who can't boot Linux
on his PCI 586.  I traced the problem to a function defined as:

asmlinkage void do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)

in the kernel sources.  The thing is - I have no idea what
'asmlinkage' means and I suspect this strange type has to do with I
can't the function that calls this one.  Any help on asmlinkage or
this particular function call appreciated.  - GP

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