[U-Boot-Users] _gp in current u-boot.lds for MIPS ports

Shinya Kuribayashi skuribay at ruby.dti.ne.jp
Wed Oct 17 16:23:28 CEST 2007


Dear Wolfgang,

Wolfgang Denk wrote:
> I'm afraid I don't remember this any more. The code is as old as  the
> very  first  MIPS  port for the Infineon INCA-IP board, back in March
> 2003. It is easily possible that we didn't know any better  by  then,
> and everybody just copied the code without thinking since.

Thanks for your kind information. I see what you mean.

> Speaking for myself, I'm not much of a MIPS expert and will  rely  on
> your judgment. All I can do is helping to test changes on the INCA-IP
> board.

I'll submit patches later. If you have some spare time, give it a try.
Unfortunately I don't have any targets maintained in upstream, that'll
be very helpful.

thanks,

   Shinya






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