[U-Boot-Users] [PATCH 00/24] PowerPC linker script rework
Wolfgang Denk
wd at denx.de
Wed Jul 4 01:10:03 CEST 2007
Dear Grant,
in message <20070703063102.26530.49614.stgit at trillian.secretlab.ca> you wrote:
> This patchset cleans consolidates most of the linker files for the mpc5xx,
> mpc5xxx, mpc82xx and mpc83xx architectures. This is the start of a push
> to reduce the number of duplicate files in the source tree.
>
> There are two parts to this patch set. The 'consolidate' patches add the
> new common linker scripts and modifies the board ports to use them. These
> changes *should* be okay, but they must be tested. The 'remove obsolete'
> changes simply remove the no-longer-required files.
>
> Most of the consolidated linker scripts are nearly identical, but I did
> come across a few variations which I think are minor and can be safely
> ignored. However, I have not been able to test this as I don't have
> access to most of the boards. There was also a handful of boards which
> have more complex differences in their linker scripts. For now I've left
> those board ports using their original scripts.
>
> If you currently using any of the affected boards; please test! I would like
> to apply this changeset to mainline in about a month or so. I've verified
> that all the board ports do compile, but I of course cannot test if they
> still work.
All 24 patches applied to u-boot-testing.
Best regards,
Wolfgang Denk
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