[U-Boot] standalone apps and their use of exported functions

[Valentin Ecker]

ok, maybe i get something wrong, but the README.standalone section 5  
it says that i have to extend the jump table with the functions i want  
to export.
e.g i want to call run_command() in my standalone application. This  
function is not declared in exports.h. So do i have to add it to the  
table then or not? Intuitively i would simply link it.

Thanks for your time,
Valentin

On 05.11.2009, at 14:52, Wolfgang Denk wrote:

> Dear Valentin Ecker,
>
> In message <6806058A-4EA5-44F9-80D9-410C42869504 at gmail.com> you wrote:
>> so there is no solution without messing in the code?
>
> Link your application with U-Boot?
>
>> are there any intentions in explicitly NOT changing these 3 files  
>> ([_]
>> exports.{h|c}) in the future? So that a patch will still be working  
>> in
>> future versions?
>
> This question makes no sense to me. A patch is only needed until your
> code is in mainline, and then it should be working in future versions
> automatically. And the  standalone  application  is  separated  by  a
> well-defined  interface,  which  should also be upward compatible, to
> that would keep working, too.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Wolfgang Denk
>
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