[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/2] omap3: Remove extern declarations from headers

[Dirk Behme]

On 23.12.2009 15:38, Sanjeev Premi wrote:
> All configurations based on OMAP3 contained extern
> declarations.
>
> This set contains two patches that move these declarations
> and fix the side-effects of the move.
>
> Sanjeev Premi (2):
>    omap3: Remove externs from config files
>    omap3: Remove multiple extern decls for gpmc_cfg
>
>   board/ti/evm/evm.c                       |    3 +-
>   cpu/arm_cortexa8/omap3/sys_info.c        |    1 +
>   include/asm-arm/arch-omap3/omap3_flash.h |   34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/asm-arm/arch-omap3/omap_gpmc.h   |    5 ++++
>   include/configs/omap3_beagle.h           |   12 +++-------
>   include/configs/omap3_evm.h              |   14 ++++--------
>   include/configs/omap3_overo.h            |   14 ++++--------
>   include/configs/omap3_pandora.h          |   12 +++-------
>   include/configs/omap3_sdp3430.h          |   13 +++--------
>   include/configs/omap3_zoom1.h            |   13 ++++-------
>   include/configs/omap3_zoom2.h            |   13 ++++-------
>   11 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 60 deletions(-)
>   create mode 100644 include/asm-arm/arch-omap3/omap3_flash.h

Could you kindly elaborate on what's the advantage of this and why it 
is necessary?

Many thanks

Dirk